VIDEO: Socialist Venezuelan President’s Speech Cut Short By Apparent Assassination Attempt

In what is being called a possible assassination attempt, Venezuelan President Maduro’s speech to a room of soldiers was cut short by what is now being considered an assassination attempt.

The Washington Post reports that the bomb was detonated by “drone-like devices”

While Maduro himself was unharmed, seven soldiers are reportedly injured.

“At exactly 5:41 p.m. in the afternoon several explosions were heard,” Rodriguez said in a live address to the nation minutes after the incident. “The investigation clearly reveals they came from drone-like devices that carried explosives.”

#BREAKING: “#Maduro TV address interrupted by assassination attempt that has failed using a drone filled with C-4 explosives” – Sources to @SputnikInt: pic.twitter.com/wf6Csns3LG

— Amichai Stein (@AmichaiStein1) August 4, 2018

State television showed Maduro celebrating the National Guard’s 81st anniversary right before his speech was abruptly cut short.

“We are going to bet for the good of our country,” Maduro declared triumphantly. “The hour of the economy recovery has come.”

Seconds later Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, looked up to the sky and winced after apparently hearing an unidentified sound.

The cameras then turned to a wide shot of military officers standing at attention in neat lines as they broke rank and began running.

The transmission was then cut off.

#BREAKING: Reports: 2 drones with C4 explosives shot down by snipers on Maduro’s security detail before they could hit the stage pic.twitter.com/bibneUzvkZ

— Amichai Stein (@AmichaiStein1) August 5, 2018

Interestingly… the government’s account is being called into question by some who witnessed the event.

Several firefighters at the scene are disputing the government’s version of events.

The report, however, does not mention what the dispute entails.

Some are even suspecting this might not be what it appears to be…

This seems a somewhat desperate attention-grabbing plot twist, even by LatAm’s fantastical standards… #penningthedictator Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro survives drone assassination attempthttps://t.co/EsFHswpmka

— Elinor Comlay (@ElinorComlay) August 4, 2018

So far we don’t have clear answers, but we’ll let you know as more information arises.