"Environment and Energy Minister Ines Manzano said Noboa's car showed signs of bullet damage. In a statement to the press, she explained that she filed a report alleging an assassination attempt had taken place. Shooting at the president's car, throwing stones, damaging state property that's just criminal, Manzano said. We will not allow this."
"The president's office also issued a statement after the attack on Tuesday, pledging to pursue accountability against those involved. Obeying orders to radicalise, they attacked a presidential motorcade carrying civilians. They attempted to forcibly prevent the delivery of a project intended to improve the lives of a community, the statement, published on social media, said. All those arrested will be prosecuted for terrorism and attempted murder, it added."
"Video published by the president's office online shows Noboa's motorcade navigating a roadway lined with protesters, some of whom picked up rocks and threw them at the vehicles, causing fractures to form on the glass. A separate image showed a silver SUV with a shattered passenger window and a shattered windscreen. It is not clear from the images whether a bullet had been fired."
President Daniel Noboa's motorcade was attacked in El Tambo in Canar province as he arrived for a water treatment and sewage event. Environment and Energy Minister Ines Manzano said the president's car showed signs of bullet damage and that she filed a report alleging an assassination attempt. The presidential office vowed to pursue accountability, saying attackers sought to prevent delivery of a community project and that those arrested would face charges including terrorism and attempted murder. Video shows protesters throwing rocks at the motorcade, causing shattered glass; five people were detained and Noboa was not injured.
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