[Al Jazeera] Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro said on Tuesday that a police helizaped the Supreme Court in Caracas in a confusing incident that he claimed was part of a conspiracy to destabilise his socialist government.The incident occurred as Maduro was speaking live on state television
... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe?
to journalists gathered at the presidential palace.
He said two grenades were thrown from a helicopter upon offices of the court but that the Venezuelan special forces repelled what he called a "terrorist attack".
"I have activated the entire armed forces to defend the peace," he added.
But many opponents on social media accused the president himself of trying to spread fear to help justify a crackdown against Venezuelan seeking to block his plans to rewrite the constitution.
Maduro has been facing three months of opposition protests and some dissent from within government ranks.