Venezuela arrests over ’uprising attempt’

Arrests have been made in Venezuela after soldiers tried to launch an uprising against President Maduro, officials say.

The ruling Socialist Party's deputy leader, Diosdado Cabello, called it a "terrorist attack" on Twitter.

It happened in Valencia in Carabobo state in the north-west of the country.

A video released on social media showed uniformed men saying they were rising against a "murderous tyranny". Venezuela has seen months of protests.

"This is not a coup but a military and civil action to re-establish constitutional order," said the leader, who gave his name as Juan Caguaripano.

Mr Cabello said full control had been restored at the Fuerte Paramacay military barracks.

A commanding chief of the armed forces, Remigio Ceballos, tweeted that seven people had been arrested.

Earlier, gunfire was reported on social media. Others said they heard the sound of loud patriotic singing at the military base.

In his short speech, Caguaripano said that his group - which he called the 41st Brigade - was standing against the "murderous tyranny of President Nicolás Maduro".

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He named young people who have died after attending anti-government protests: Neomar Lander, Geraldine Moreno, Juan Pablo Pernalete and "lots of others with their cardboard shields".

Lander, 17, and Pernalete, 20, died earlier this year, while Moreno, 23, was shot in the face in a 2014 demonstration. Two members of the National Guard were later jailed for her death.

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