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Venezuelan President Survives Drone Assassination Attempt (cnn.com)
The Venezuelan president, Nicolas Maduro, has survived an apparent assassination attempt involving drones that exploded close to him while he was speaking at an event in Caracas. State television showed Maduro abruptly cutting short his speech during a celebration of the National Guard's 81st anniversary. From a report: In a tweet, the president of Venezuela's National Assembly, Diosdado Cabello, called the incident at the military parade a "terrorist attack against the president and the high military command blaming the opposition for the violence." Venezuela's international government broadcaster, TeleSUR, said on Twitter that the Venezuelan government confirmed an attempted attack on Maduro. Venezuela's vice president for communications, Jorge Rodriguez, later addressed the nation on live TV at the request of Maduro. He said people heard explosions that corresponded to drones and heard drones detonate near a parade for the occasion.
Note 7 being used as tv camera.
The drone in this case was most likely a propaganda-level device carrying a sympathy bomb.
When all you have is a hammer, every problem starts to look like a thumb.
The odds of multiple drones with malfunctioning batteries all near the President seem worthy of you posting anonymously to protect your real Slashdot reputation.
I tried saying "widely-known enemy if the working people, influence peddler, bribe solicitor, anti-freedom extremist, and paid agent of the Chinese intelligence services Hillary"... But it just didn't have the same ring to it.
Wow, what is the bigger part of that story: Venezuela still has fire departments... Or The apartments still have gas...