VENEZUELA
The Survivor
Venezuela has detained six alleged terrorists and residents are braced for a wider crackdown following an apparent assassination attempt against President Nicolas Maduro on Saturday.
Venezuelan Interior Minister Nestor Luis Reverol said the alleged “terrorists” had been detained and the “material and intellectual authors inside and outside of the country” had been identified, according to the Washington Post.
Unharmed in the incident, in which at least one drone laden with explosives exploded near the stage where he was delivering a televised address, Maduro accused “far right” extremists linked to Colombia and Venezuelan dissidents living in the US for orchestrating the attack. Officials claimed seven soldiers were injured, and the Post quoted residents of a nearby building as saying they witnessed a drone explode.
After Maduro specifically blamed Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos, his office issued an “emphatic denial.” Separately, US National Security Adviser John Bolton told Fox News Sunday that the US had “no involvement” in the incident.
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