ZitatCARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela braced on Sunday for more possible arrests and potential military purges one day after the government said President Nicolás Maduro had survived an apparent assassination attempt in which drones carrying explosives targeted him in the midst of a nationally televised address.
Interior Minister Nestor Luis Reverol said six “terrorists” had been detained Sunday. He said all the “material and intellectual authors inside and outside of the country” have been identified. He did not provide any further details.
Maduro was unharmed in the incident, which officials said had injured seven soldiers in an extraordinary scene captured on video that showed hundreds of Maduro’s troops seemingly fleeing in panic at the sound of an explosion. Saying a “shield of love” had protected his life, the president accused “far right” extremists linked to Colombia and Venezuelan dissidents living in the United States for the alleged attack during an impassioned speech delivered three hours after the incident.
Was this Maduro's version of Kristallnacht? There is some suspicion the drone attack was staged and the Communists who run Venezuela are going to use it as a justification for imposing draconian internal political restrictions.