Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles has been hurt after security forces broke up protests against President Nicolas Maduro. Some 59 people have been killed in clashes since the protests started on April 1, Telegraph reported.

Thousands of Venezuelans demonstrated on Monday after the opposition said it would intensify pressure on Maduro to stop what they see as his tightening grip on power.

Opposition leader Henrique Capriles (pictured above center) said he had been beaten by the National Guard as he left a rally that had been broken up by security forces using tear gas.

MP Carlos Paparoni said he had been hit in the head with tear gas canisters at the same protest.