Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said a stolen police helicopter fired on the country's Interior Ministry and Supreme Court on Tuesday in what he called a "terrorist attack" by those seeking to oust him from office.
Maduro vowed to catch those behind the attack, which had no reported injuries.
Minister of Communications and Information Ernesto Villegas later said the helicopter fired 15 shots at the ministry building and dropped at least four grenades at the Supreme Court.
Villegas identified the pilot as Oscar Perez. A video posted on social media showed Perez standing in front of several armed men and calling for a rebellion against Maduro's "tyranny," urging the president to step down and for Venezuela to hold new elections.
Some Maduro opponents speculated on social media that Tuesday's attack was staged to justify a crackdown.
Venezuela is one month from a vote on Maduro's plans to rewrite the constitution, which the president says is the only way to bring peace to the country while those opposing the move say it is meant to keep his party in power.
委内瑞拉总统马杜罗说,一架失窃的警方直升机星期二对委内瑞拉内政部和最高法院开火,他说这是“恐怖袭击”,是那些想把他赶下台的人干的。
这次袭击据报没有造成人员伤亡,马杜罗誓言要将肇事者绳之以法。
委内瑞拉信息和通讯部长比列加斯后来说,这架直升机对内政部大楼开了15枪,对最高法院投掷了至少四枚手榴弹。
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