Five people were detained following an alleged assassination attempt on Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa, energy minister Ines Manzano said.

CNN quoted the minister as saying that Noboa’s car was surrounded by a group of around 500 people throwing rocks as he traveled in a convoy to Cañar province, where he was scheduled to announce a set of infrastructure projects.

“Shooting at the president’s car, throwing stones, damaging state property – that’s just criminal," he said. “We will not allow this."

Later signs of bullet damage were found on the car though the President was not hurt.

The authorities informed that those detained will face terrorism and attempted murder charges.

Reuters quoted the national Indigenous federation CONAIE as saying that orchestrated violence had broken out

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