Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa's car was surrounded by a group of about 500 people throwing stones as he arrived for an event in the province of Cañar, the country's Environment and Energy Minister Ines Manzano said, adding that "bullet marks" were later found on the president's car, Reuters reported, quoted by BTA.
Manzano said he had officially filed a report of an assassination attempt against Noboa. The president was not injured and five people were detained, the minister added.
„Shooting at the president's car, throwing stones, damaging state property – "This is just a crime," Manzano said. "We will not allow this," he added.
However, the National Federation of Indigenous Peoples said that organized violence had broken out against people who had mobilized for Noboa's arrival, saying that among those attacked in the "brutal police and military crackdown" were There were also elderly women.
“At least five of us were arbitrarily detained“, said an article in “Ex“.
The National Federation of Indigenous Peoples of Ecuador began a strike 16 days ago, organizing marches and blocking some roads in protest against the end of diesel subsidies.
A video from inside a car released by the president's office shows people throwing stones, as well as cracks in the car window. Another photo released by the presidency shows a car with broken windows and a shattered windshield.
It is not clear from the photos whether a bullet was fired, Reuters noted.
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