13 masked men who brok£ onto the set of a public television channel during a live news broadcast have been arrested by the police in Ecuador.
The masked men were armed with g¥ns and expl%sives when they stormed the studio and held the news anchors ho§tage on Tuesday, January 9, 2024.
This comes after president Daniel Noboa issued a decree declaring that the vi%lence-plagued country had entered an “internal armed conflict.”
The men armed with pi§tols and what looked like sticks of dynamite entered the set of the TC Television network in the port city of Guayaquil during a news program that was airing live in thousands of homes across the nation and shouted that they had b%mbs, NPR News reports.
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It’s believed that g¥n§hots were fir£d in the background but no one was k+lled in the att@ck.
Confirming the arrest of the masked intr¥ders, Police commander César Zapata told the TV channel Teleamazonas that officers seized the g¥ns and expl%sives the g¥nmen had with them. He said 13 people were arrested.
Ecuador’s attorney general’s office said those arrested will be charged with t£rrorism. It tweeted that it will present the charges in coming hours, and that prosecutors are working at the scene of the att@ck at the TC Television network to get more evidence.
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