Ecuador president unharmed in attack on motorcade
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Quito: Ecuador s President Daniel Noboa escaped unharmed after his motorcade was targeted by stone throwing protesters and what one minister described...
Quito: Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa escaped unharmed after his motorcade was targeted by stone-throwing protesters and what one minister described as a volley of gunshots on Tuesday.
Noboa was inaugurating a water treatment plant in central Ecuador when his motorcade was set on by a large group protesting against rising fuel prices.
"About 500 people showed up and were throwing stones at him, and there are obviously bullet marks on the president's car as well," said Environment Minister Ines Manzano.
She said five people were arrested and would stand trial on terrorism charges -- an offense carrying a maximum punishment of 30 years in jail.
Video released by the government, reportedly filmed from inside the motorcade, shows protesters standing in the road, draped in flags, scrambling to collect large stones and bricks.
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