CARACAS: Ten people including two teenagers were killed Sunday in a wave of violence that hit Venezuela as it held controversial elections to a powerful new body to rewrite the constitution, authorities said.
The dead also included a soldier and a regional opposition leader, said prosecutors, as the opposition called for further protests in defiance of embattled President Nicolas Maduro.
Ten killed in Venezuela vote unrest: prosecutors
Ten killed in Venezuela vote unrest: prosecutors
![People walk past a street barricade that includes a mattress with the words "Maduro son of a bitch" after clashes broke out while the Constituent Assembly election was being carried out in Caracas, Venezuela, on Sunday. (REUTERS) Ten killed in Venezuela vote unrest: prosecutors](https://wingday.site/sites/default/files/styles/n_670_395/public/2017/07/31/961211-655388405.jpg?itok=_uyIbvb9)