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López's supporters and journalists attacked outside courthouse
http://www.eluniversal.com/nacional-y-politica/150910/lopezs-supporters-and-journalists-attacked-outside-courthouseA person died, and three members of opposition Voluntad Popular (People's Will) party and five journalists were injured on Thursday as they were assaulted by government followers in the surroundings of the Caracas Court House, downtown Caracas, where a group of supporters of dissenting leader Leopoldo López gathered to wait for the verdict in the trial López is facing for violent incidents occurred in a protest staged on February 12, 2014.
Voluntad Popular sources reported that activist Horacio Blanco died of a hearth attack after being beaten by government supporters who rallied near the court house, at Diego Ibarra square.
