Venezuela official: Explosion was attempted attack on Maduro

CARACAS, Venezuela — Assailants tried to attack Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro with drone-like devices armed with explosives that detonated just as the socialist leader was delivering a speech to hundreds of soldiers, the government said Saturday.
Information Minister Jorge Rodriguez said Maduro was safe and unharmed but that seven people were injured in the apparent attack.
“At exactly 5:41 p.m. in the afternoon several explosions were heard,” Rodriguez said in a live add