Right-wing mortar attack on Venezuelan governor's house
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By Staff Writers, teleSUR
teleSUR
Sunday, Feb 22, 2015
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| Picture of guarimbas in the Venezuelan state of Tachira. | Photo: Aporrea |
Children from the Special Rehabilitation Center were at the residence of Tachira’s Socialist governor at the moment of attacks by right-wing assailants. The attackers fired mortar at the building.
The governor of the Venezuelan state of Tachira, Jose Gregorio Vielma Mora denounced a series of attacks against his residence Thursday.
"Everyone alert, they are attacking the residence of the governor of Tachira and 157 children from the Special Rehabilitation Center are in there," Vielma Mora wrote on his twitter account.
The incident led to the deployment of dozens of police officers in the vicinity, however no victims or injuries were reported.
Authorities said that a group of 10 people were behind the attack, however no arrests were made. According to local reports, the small group belongs to the so-called “guarimberos,” the radical right-wing opposition groups who initiated violent protests that killed 43 people in the country last year.
Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro announced last week that the government had thwarted a coup attempt which was being coordinated by Venezuela's right-wing opposition, allegedly with the support of U.S. government officials operating out of the Embassy in Caracas.
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