Originally published on July 21, 2013

Eight people, including six teenagers, were killed after armed men stormed a graduation party at home in Venezuela's central Bolivar State on Saturday. Reuters reports "the Attorney General's office said in a statement that several armed men opened fire repeatedly on the revelers on Saturday in Caicara del Orinoco, a town on the southern bank of the Orinoco River.

"A local newspaper, the Correo del Caroni, said the victims had been attending a college graduation celebration.

"'They beat them up inside the house and then executed them without mercy ... they didn't leave anyone alive,' one community leader, who asked for anonymity, told the paper.

"The South American country suffers one of the world's worst homicide rates and shootings are common. But it is rare for there to be such a high number of fatalities in one incident.

"Experts say the problem is rooted in a dysfunctional justice system, gang-controlled prisons, and poor working conditions for police - some of whom are believed to carry out serious crimes."

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