Bei der Landung in der Stadt Cúcuta an der Grenze zu Venezuela ist der Hubschrauber von Präsident Iván Duque von „mindestens sechs Kugeln“ getroffen worden. Alle Insassen, darunter das Staatsoberhaupt, Verteidigungsminister Diego Molano, Innenminister Daniel Palacios und der Gouverneur von Norte de Santander, Silvano Serrano, blieben unverletzt. Die Regierung will nun „jene feigen Terroristen zur Strecke bringen, die versuchen, das Land zu destabilisieren“. „Sowohl das Fluggerät als auch die Fähigkeiten des Piloten verhinderten, dass etwas Tödliches passierte. Die Wahrheit ist, dass es ein feiger terroristischer Angriff ist, bei dem Einschusslöcher im Hubschrauber des Präsidenten zu sehen sind“, so der kolumbianische Präsident in Cúcuta.
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By Press Association 2021
Bullet holes are seen on the fuselage of a Colombian Air Force helicopter that were fired while Colombiaâs President Ivan Duque and members of his cabinet were traveling on the helicopter
Colombian President Iván Duque has said a helicopter carrying him and several senior officials came under fire in the southern Catatumbo region bordering Venezuela, in a rare instance of a direct attack on a presidential aircraft.
Mr Duque said everyone on board the helicopter was safe, including himself, Defence Minister Diego Molano, Interior Minister Daniel Palacios and the governor of Norte de Santander state, Silvano Serrano. They had just attended an event titled Peace with Legality, the Sustainable Catatumbo chapter.
By Press Association 2021
Bullet holes are seen on the fuselage of a Colombian Air Force helicopter that were fired while Colombiaâs President Ivan Duque and members of his cabinet were traveling on the helicopter
Colombian President Iván Duque has said a helicopter carrying him and several senior officials came under fire in the southern Catatumbo region bordering Venezuela, in a rare instance of a direct attack on a presidential aircraft.
Mr Duque said everyone on board the helicopter was safe, including himself, Defence Minister Diego Molano, Interior Minister Daniel Palacios and the governor of Norte de Santander state, Silvano Serrano. They had just attended an event titled Peace with Legality, the Sustainable Catatumbo chapter.