Helicopter attack on Venezuelan SC

Caracas, June 28: Venezuela s Supreme Court has been attacked by grenades dropped from a helicopter in what President Nicolas Maduro called a "terrorist attack", a media report said.Footage on social media showed a police helicopter circling over the city before shots and a loud bang were heard, the BBC reported.The police officer said to have piloted the stolen aircraft issued a statement denouncing the "criminal government".President Maduro has faced months of mass protests amid a political and economic crisis.The Supreme Court was regularly criticized by the Venezuelan opposition for its rulings which bolster Maduro s hold on power. Earlier on Tuesday, armed civilian groups attacked the Venezuelan Parliament building after a clash between lawmakers and the military police of the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB), opposition legislator Julio Borges as saying.