CARACAS:  A soldier opened fire at a military base in Caracas early Saturday, killing two officers and wounding six other soldiers before fleeing, authorities said.

The shooting at Fuerte Tiuna erupted after an argument between the soldier, who was identified as Jeffersson Trujillo, and a captain who was shot in the head with a Russian-made AK-103 assault rifle, the attorney general`s office said.

Trujillo was alleged to have killed a lieutenant and wounded six other soldiers before fleeing the base in a vehicle.

BDST: 10:12 HRS, August 22, 2010