US EditionEcuador detains five after attack on President Noboa's car
Five people detained and charged with terrorism and attempted assassination after protesters attacked President Noboa's motorcade amid unrest over diesel subsidy removal, officials said.
- Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa survived an assassination attempt when over 500 people attacked his convoy in Cañar province, throwing rocks at his vehicle.
- Five individuals have been detained in connection with the attack, which Environment and Energy Minister Ines Manzano described as an assassination attempt.
- President Noboa pledged to uphold law and order, stating that such actions will not be tolerated and emphasized the law applies to everyone in the new Ecuador.
- Protests against the removal of diesel subsidies, led by the national Indigenous federation CONAIE, have intensified and resulted in a state of emergency being declared in several regions.
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Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa is on her way to an event when hundreds of people attack his car. A minister talks about bullet holes in the car. It's not the first attack on him.
In Ecuador, another autoconvoy of President Noboa has been attacked by demonstrators.
Several hundred people threw stones at Ecuador's presidential procession this Tuesday. Shots were also found on the president's car.
Five people have been arrested after an alleged assassination attempt on Ecuador's president. Around 500 people threw stones at President Daniel Noboa's car and there were "signs of bullet damage" on his vehicle, according to the country's Energy and Environment Minister, who added that Noboa was not injured. A video, shared with the BBC by the president's office, shows protesters throwing stones at a car and three small holes in one of the car'…
Crowd attacks Ecuadorian president's car with rocks
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