 In another incident, a photojournalist from "La Patilla" was assaulted by National Police who tried to take his camera and hit him in the head with the butt of a shotgun while he covering protests in Las Mercedes.A week after being attacked in Las Mercedes, the same photojournalist for "La Patilla" was assaulted by the National Police again who tried to take his camera while covering protests in the Las Minitas neighborhood in Baruta.While covering protests on 14 May, a group of reporters said they were assaulted by the National Guard saying they were fired at and that the National Guard attempted to arrest a reporter.