A helicopter has dropped grenades on a country's Supreme Court causing quite a stir among its vast citizenry.
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Venezuela's president, Nicolas Maduro said in a speech on Tuesday
that a helicopter dropped two grenades on Venezuela’s Supreme Court
building in a “terror attack” against the government.
“I have activated the entire armed forces to defend the peace,” he said in remarks delivered from the Miraflores presidential palace.
According to Reuters, Maduro said he has put the military on alert to respond to the alleged assault.
“Sooner or later, we are going to capture that helicopter and those that carried out this terror attack,” he declared.
He did not say when the alleged attack is supposed to have
occurred, and said no one was injured and that one of the grenades
failed to detonate.
In his speech, Maduro, 54, said that in addition to firing on
Venezuela’s high court, the helicopter flew over the Justice and
Interior Ministeries.
“I have activated the entire armed forces to defend the peace,” he said in remarks delivered from the Miraflores presidential palace.
Maduro said he has put the military on alert to respond to the alleged assault.
“Sooner or later, we are going to capture that helicopter and those that carried out this terror attack,” he declared.
He did not say when the alleged attack is supposed to have
occurred, and said no one was injured and that one of the grenades
failed to detonate.
In his speech, Maduro, 54, said that in addition to firing on
Venezuela’s high court, the helicopter flew over the Justice and
Interior Ministeries.
The beleaguered president, who for weeks has been thundering about
alleged coup plots against him, said the aircraft was flown by a pilot
who worked for his former Interior and Justice minister Miguel Rodriguez
Torres, from whom he is now estranged.
Earlier Tuesday, Maduro repeated claims of a US-backed coup attempt
and angrily warned President Donald Trump that Venezuela would fight
back against such a move.
His comments came a day after he announced the arrests of five
opponents he accused of plotting against him to clear the way for a US
invasion.
“I have activated the entire armed forces to defend the peace,” he said in remarks delivered from the Miraflores presidential palace.
Maduro said he has put the military on alert to respond to the alleged assault.
“Sooner or later, we are going to capture that helicopter and those that carried out this terror attack,” he declared.
He did not say when the alleged attack is supposed to have
occurred, and said no one was injured and that one of the grenades
failed to detonate.
In his speech, Maduro, 54, said that in addition to firing on
Venezuela’s high court, the helicopter flew over the Justice and
Interior Ministeries.
The beleaguered president, who for weeks has been thundering about
alleged coup plots against him, said the aircraft was flown by a pilot
who worked for his former Interior and Justice minister Miguel Rodriguez
Torres, from whom he is now estranged.
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