
Venezuela authorities arrested a suspect in the murder of two influential supporters of the opposition . Politics were shot during a rally in the state of Barinas - the native to the current president of the country Hugo Chavez.
The Minister of Internal Affairs announced the arrest of the suspect, adding that the police are trying to find out the motives of the crime.
One of the dead, Gison Valero, was an activist of the Justice Party above all, the other, Omar Fernandez, supported the opposition as an independent politician, the Russian Air Force service reports.
According to eyewitnesses, politicians were shot from a truck or autofurg belonging to the Venezuelan oil and gas company PDVSA.
A week later, on October 7, Presidential elections will be held in Venezuela. Seven candidates apply for the post of head of state, but the current President of Hugo Chavez, intending to take this post for the third time in a row, and the Unified Candidate of the opposition Enrique Kapriles. According to the latest data from sociological surveys, 48% of the population are ready to vote for Chavez, 32% of the respondents are ready to give their votes to Kaprieles.