Minister of Foreign Affairs of Chile, Alberto van Klaveren subjected to attempted attack to the car in which he returned to his private home on Saturday evening after a meeting with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who is visiting Chile to mark the 50th anniversary of the coup.

Carabinieri who traveled with Van Klaveren They were forced to shoot to hold off the attackers..

Authorities arrested two people, men aged 24 and 25. and has a criminal record, according to information collected by Chilean broadcaster T13.

He reported to the Santiago Metropolitan Prosecutor’s Office that The incident occurred near the minister’s house. when two people got out of the car and one of them opened fire on one of Van Klaveren’s bodyguards. In response to the shots, the guard wounded the attacker.

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This was announced by duty prosecutor Marcela Cubillos. Minister Van Klaveren ‘unharmed’ regarding the incident and “calm.” “He was not injured or directly intimidated because the bodyguard intervened in a timely manner,” he said.

(Europe Press)