Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa escaped unharmed on Tuesday after his motorcade came under attack from a crowd throwing rocks. Authorities detained five people following the incident, which a senior minister described as an assassination attempt , saying the president’s vehicle showed visible signs of bullet impact.

Environment and Energy Minister Ines Manzano, who filed a formal report of an assassination attempt on the president, said five people were detained after Noboa’s motorcade surrounded by around 500 protesters throwing stones.

Noboa’s office said those arrested would be processed under charges of terrorism and attempted assassination. It could not be verified whether a bullet was fired at the president’s car during the protest, which was over the president’s removal of f

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