Drones armed with explosives detonated near Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro as he gave a speech to hundreds of soldiers in Caracas, but the socialist leader was unharmed, according to the government.
Seven people were injured in the apparent attack yesterday which came as Maduro celebrated the National Guard's 81st anniversary, said Information Minister Jorge Rodriguez.
Maduro's speech was abruptly cut short and soldiers could be seen breaking ranks and scattering.
"At exactly 5:41 pm in the afternoon several explosions were heard," Rodriguez said in a live address to the nation minutes after the incident. "The investigation clearly reveals they came from drone-like devices that carried explosives."
"The right insists on violence to take public spaces that they can't win with votes," Diosdado Cabello, a high-ranking socialist party leader, wrote on Twitter yesterday after the apparent assault, which he characterized as a "terrorist attack."