The New York Times is reporting that at least 40 people were killed in US strikes on Venezuela.

It cited an unnamed Venezuelan official who discussed the findings of preliminary assessments.

The Times said that those killed include civilians and military members, and that a US air strike hit a three-storey residential building in the Catia La Mar neighbourhood, located in a poor coastal area west of the Caracas airport.

Among those killed was an 80-year-old woman named Rosa Gonzalez and her family.

Another person was also reported injured in the strike.

Wilman Gonzalez, a nephew who was injured in the attack, said, “I don’t know” when asked where he would go after he lost his home.

A 70-year-old neighbour named Jorge told The Times that he had lost everything in the air strike.

Source – Al Jazeera