Venezuela probes report of massacre of Yanomami

Forensics teams, officials and security forces were “visiting nine Yanomami communities” along the border with Brazil in Amazonas state where the massacres allegedly occurred, Interior Minister Tareck El Aissami told state television.

In the seven communities visited thus far, “no violent incidents” were reported, he said. The other two communities are more remote and cannot be contacted by telephone.

A group that represents Yanomami communities, Horonami Organizacion Yanomami (HOY), on Wednesday accused the illegal miners of carrying out the carnage, burning down a building in which about 80 people lived.

According to HOY, the attack was committed using a helicopter, and the victims were burned beyond recognition. Three Yanomami were out hunting, and found the dead upon their return.

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