Venezuela’s Supreme Court has been attacked with a grenade thrown from a police helicopter in what the country’s president, Nicolas Maduro, described as a “terrorist attack”. Venezuela Information Minister Ernesto Villegas said the stolen helicopter first fired 15 shots on the ministry in Caracas, the capital, as a reception was taking place on Tuesday. Media reported that the attack occurred as Maduro was speaking live on state television to journalists gathered at the presidential palace. Around the time of the attack, a video appeared on social media in which a police squad pilot, identified as Oscar Perez, called for a rebellion against the Maduro’s “tyranny”. “We have two choices; be judged tomorrow by our conscience and the people or begin today to free ourselves from this corrupt government,” he said. Maduro has been facing three months of opposition protests and some dissent from within government ranks.
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