Venezuela investigates alleged massacre in Amazon tribal village
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's public prosecutor on Wednesday said it is investigating an alleged massacre of indigenous people in the Amazon rainforest, after a tribal group told the government that a village of 80 natives was attacked in July from a helicopter.
In a statement, the government said it had received word of the alleged attack by a group representing the Yanomami tribe, an indigenous people native to southern Venezuela.
The area, along the country's long, remote border with Brazil, has a history of violent clashes between natives, gold prospectors, and other would-be developers in the region.
A spokeswoman at the public prosecutor's office said the government could not yet confirm the attack nor how many people may have been killed.
Fellow Yanomami and an international native rights group, however, said only three people, from the village of 80, are known to be alive.
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Dante didn't create a level of hell horrific enough for the murderers
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