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| Venezuela crisis: Helicopter 'attacks' Supreme Court | Venezuela crisis: Helicopter 'attacks' Supreme Court |
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| A helicopter has apparently tried to bomb Venezuela's Supreme Court in what President Nicolas Maduro called a "terrorist attack". | A helicopter has apparently tried to bomb Venezuela's Supreme Court in what President Nicolas Maduro called a "terrorist attack". |
| According to the government, an army officer took a police helicopter and flew it over the capital, Caracas. | According to the government, an army officer took a police helicopter and flew it over the capital, Caracas. |
| Footage on social media shows a helicopter circling over the city before a loud bang is heard. | |
| The officer believed to have seized the aircraft has issued a video statement condemning the government. | The officer believed to have seized the aircraft has issued a video statement condemning the government. |
| There are no reports of anyone being killed or injured. | There are no reports of anyone being killed or injured. |
| Venezuela is in the grip of an economic and political crisis and there have been almost daily protests against Mr Maduro's leftist government. | |
| More than 70 people have been killed in protest-related violence since 1 April, according to the chief prosecutor's office. | |
| President Maduro said grenades had been dropped in the attack and he promised that security forces would capture those behind it. | President Maduro said grenades had been dropped in the attack and he promised that security forces would capture those behind it. |
| "I have activated the entire armed forces to defend the peace," he said in an address from the Miraflores presidential palace. | "I have activated the entire armed forces to defend the peace," he said in an address from the Miraflores presidential palace. |
| "Sooner or later, we are going to capture that helicopter and those who carried out this terror attack." | "Sooner or later, we are going to capture that helicopter and those who carried out this terror attack." |
| The officer, who called himself Oscar Perez, appeared on Instagram, flanked by armed and masked men in uniform. | The officer, who called himself Oscar Perez, appeared on Instagram, flanked by armed and masked men in uniform. |
| He appealed to Venezuelans to oppose "tyranny". | He appealed to Venezuelans to oppose "tyranny". |
| "We are a coalition of military employees, policemen and civilians who are looking for balance and are against this criminal government," he said. | "We are a coalition of military employees, policemen and civilians who are looking for balance and are against this criminal government," he said. |
| "We don't belong to any political tendency or party. We are nationalists, patriots and institutionalists." | "We don't belong to any political tendency or party. We are nationalists, patriots and institutionalists." |
| He said the "fight" was not against the security forces but "against the impunity of this government. It is against tyranny". | He said the "fight" was not against the security forces but "against the impunity of this government. It is against tyranny". |
| Earlier on Tuesday, Mr Maduro reiterated his allegations that the US was supporting coup attempts against his government and warned President Donald Trump that Venezuela would resist such a move. | |
| On Monday, he announced that five people had been arrested, accused of plotting against him and preparing for a US invasion. |