Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro has accused one of the country’s most prominent opposition leaders of being linked to the alleged assassination attempt using drones.
Mr Maduro said in a nationally televised broadcast on Tuesday night that statements by suspects already arrested point to Julio Borges, an opposition leaders living in exile in Colombia.
It follows a thwarted assassination attempt on Saturday when two drones armed with explosives detonated near the president speaking outdoors during a military celebration.
Nicolas Maduro delivers his speech as his wife Cilia Flores winces and looks up after being startled by and explosion in Caracas on Saturday (Venezolana de Television via AP)
Images captured on live television showed Mr Maduro and his wife looking up at the sky at one explosion and then hundreds of soldiers scrambling.
Prosecutors say they have arrested six people who face charges of treason, attempted murder and terrorism.
Mr Maduro has called on US and Colombian leaders to turn over any suspects.
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