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Gunshots Heard During Ecuador's Presidential Candidate's Campaign Close Event

© AP Photo / Dolores OchoaPolice guard the National Assembly in Quito, Ecuador, Wednesday, May 17, 2023.
Police guard the National Assembly in Quito, Ecuador, Wednesday, May 17, 2023. - Sputnik International, 1920, 18.08.2023
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BUENOS AIRES (Sputnik) - Gunshots have been heard during Ecuadorian presidential candidate Daniel Noboa's campaign close event in the city of Duran in the Guayas province, local media reported Thursday.
Sounds of gunfire were heard during the event of Noboa, the presidential candidate from the National Democratic Action political movement, on Thursday evening, media reported.
Journalists participating in the event said they did not know if it was an attack on the candidate. Noboa was in the center of Duran when shots were heard. The politician's security evacuated him without being injured, the report said.
Noboa wears a bulletproof vest and has been reportedly receiving death threats.
In early August, Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was shot dead in Ecuador's capital Quito during an attack at an election rally. Moreover, the leader of the Citizen Revolution Movement in the Esmeraldas province, Pedro Briones, was shot dead earlier this week.
Military police guard the presidential palace in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023. President Guillermo Lasso declared a state of emergency, that involves additional military personnel deployed throughout the country, after the assassination of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio at a campaign rally in Quito. - Sputnik International, 1920, 17.08.2023
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