Following a meeting with the authorities of the National Electoral Council (CNE), some university student leaders tried to chain themselves to the stairways of the electoral body -a move that was prevented by National Guard troops.

Ricardo Sánchez, secretary of the Federation of Students' Councils of the Central University of Venezuela (UCV), drew out a chain while he was going down the stairways in CNE headquarters. When he tried to chain himself to the stairways, the National Guard troops prevented him from doing so.

Amidst the struggle, one girl showed her bloody hand to the TV cameras, as she was injured during the incident.

Tension and confusion prevailed in the CNE headquarters until CNE directors Vicente Díaz and Germán Yépez intervened and asked security corps to stops hitting the university students. Finally, the students were removed from the stairways.

Troops break up the demonstration
Outside the CNE, the Caracas Metropolitan Police and the National Guard troops used water, tear gas, and plastic bullets to break up the demonstration of university students and teachers that marched to the CNE headquarters.