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Helicopter attack on Venezuelan Supreme Court

| | Jun 28, 2017, at 04:10 pm
Caracas, Jun 28 (IBNS): The Venezuelan Supreme Court has been attacked from a hovering helicopter, irking President Nicolas Maduro, who slammed it as a 'terrorist attack', reports said.

Footage showed a police helicopter hovering over Caracas, firing shots.

Following the incident, the President said that the country's military has been placed on high alert.

""I have activated the entire armed forces to defend the peace," Maduro said, while adding, "Sooner or later, we are going to capture that helicopter and those who carried out this terror attack."

Meanwhile, the police officer who flew the copter, identified himself as Oscar Perez.

Defending his actions, he appealed to Venezuelans to oppose the 'tyrannical governance'.

Posting an Instagram video, he said, "We are a coalition of military employees, policemen and civilians who are looking for balance and are against this criminal government."

"We don't belong to any political tendency or party. We are nationalists, patriots and institutionalists," Perez added.

In the last few months, the Venezuelan President has witnessed protests against him as the nation is slowly plunging into an economic crisis.


 

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