Maduro vows to fend off ‘coup’ after attacks

‘Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has vowed to fend off a “coup attempt,” shortly after a grenade and gunfire attack on key government buildings in the country’s capital.
Branding the raids as “terrorist” attacks, Maduro said on Wednesday that the incidents were part of an “escalation” by right-wing “coup” plotters against the ruling Socialist party.
The Venezuelan president also ordered security stepped up by putting the army on alert following the attacks in Caracas, where shots were fired from a helicopter at the Interior Ministry building and grenades were dropped on the Supreme Court building on Tuesday.
“I have activated the entire armed forces to defend the peace,” Maduro said in remarks broadcast from the presidential palace.’
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