Reuters July 22, 2013 - 00:44 CARACAS (Reuters) - Gunmen stormed a graduation party at a home in Venezuela's central Bolivar state and killed eight people, including six teenagers, the country's public prosecutor said on Sunday. The Attorney General's office said in a statement that several armed men opened fire repeatedly on the revellers on Saturday in Caicara del Orinoco, a town on the southern bank of the Orinoco River. The South American country suffers one of the world's worst homicide rates and shootings are common. But it is rare for there to be such a high number of fatalities in one incident. A local newspaper, the Correo del Caroni, said the victims had been attending a...
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