Venezuelan 'Chavista' Lawmaker Fatally Stabbed at Home

Robert Serra, a young “Chavista” ruling party lawmaker, died after being stabbed in his home in Caracas late Wednesday in an “intentional homicide,” government officials said. It is Venezuela's latest high-profile violent crime. Serra, 27, and Maria Herrera -- whom officials said was Serra's companion -- were killed at his residence in the impoverished La Pastora neighborhood of the Venezuelan capital. The victims died of hemorrhagic shock after they were stabbed with a “sharp,...

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