02/10/2014 16:47
Venezuelan lawmaker Robert Serra shot dead in Caracas
A lawmaker from Venezuela's governing party has been killed in the capital, Caracas, the BBC reported.
Robert Serra, 27, and his partner Maria Herrera were found shot dead at their home on Wednesday night.
Mr Serra was a member of the National Assembly for the Socialist Party (PSUV) and well known for delivering passionate speeches.
According to UN figures, Venezuela has the second highest peacetime murder rate in the world after Honduras.
Interior Minister Miguel Rodriguez Torres said the two were "vilely killed here in their house, a two-storied house, on the ground floor lay the woman and on the upper floor lay Robert Serra."
He said the motive behind the killing was not clear.
"I call on members of the PSUV, on youth in political parties... on all citizens, to remain calm as we'll investigate this fully," he said.