Did the US bomb Venezuela? Viral videos show military helicopters in Caracas after explosions

US journalists in Venezuela's capital city of Caracas claimed to have witnessed several explosions early Saturday. Several areas of the city were facing a blackout, they added, while statin to have seen low-flying aircraft after the explosions. They quoted local television channels as identifying La Guaira state north of Caracas and on the country’s coast, and at Higuerote a city on the coast in Miranda state, as locations of major blasts.

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Plumes of smoke were visibly rising from one of the  hangars of Generalissimo Francisco de Miranda Air Base in the eastern Caracas, The Washington Post said in a report. However, none of the media houses could get a comment from the White House or Pentagon on the matter during the time of compiling this story.

Meanwhile, the Venezuelan government accused the United States of attacking civilian and military installations. At least seven explosions and low-flying aircraft were heard around 2 a.m. local time Saturday, Associated Press said from Caracas. In a statement, it called on its supporters to take to the streets.

“People to the streets!” the statement said. “The Bolivarian Government calls on all social and political forces in the country to activate mobilization plans and repudiate this imperialist attack.”

The statement added that President Nicolás Maduro had “ordered all national defense plans to be implemented” and declared “a state of external disturbance.”The blasts come as the U.S. military has been targeting, in recent days, alleged drug-smuggling boats. On Friday, Venezuela said it was open to negotiating an agreement with the U.S. to combat drug trafficking.

This is a developing story.