WARNING: VIDEO CONTAINS GRAPHIC CONTENT<br/> <br />Bloody clashes outside Nicaragua's National Asesmbly as war veterans protest for social security benefits.<br/> <br />The angry ex-soldiers reportedly fired homemade mortars and rocks at riot police who turned out in force to break up the protests.<br/> <br />Authorities downplayed the clashes, saying there'd been no arrests.<br/> <br />SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) POLICE CHIEF, AMINTA GRANERA, SAYING:<br/> <br />"One person was hit by what could have been a stick and I need to report that it is not a very serious injuries and in another incident there were just minor scratches."<br/> <br />Protesters say they represent thousands of retired soldiers who were part of the Sandinista revolution that toppled Nicaragua's brutal dictatorship in 1979.<br/> <br />President Daniel Ortega has set up a commission to address the concerns but there's been little progress so far.<br/> <br />Sunita Rappai, Reuters
