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Gunmen opened fire on students returning from a peaceful march Wednesday in which 80,000 people denounced a constitutional referendum planned for December that would expand Chavez's power. At least eight people were injured, including one by gunfire, officials said.
Higher Education Minister Luis Acuna offered Wednesday to send in troops to quell the violence, but university authorities quickly rejected the offer as an attempted power grab.
"We won't fall into the trap," Eleazar Narvaez, rector of the Central University of Venezuela, said Thursday.
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More student clashes in Venezuela
From AP, Nov. 8: