Demonstrators take part in a protest close to an outpost of the Venezuelan National Guard in Caracas, Venezuela January 21, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's government said on Monday it had suppressed a small military revolt after a group of officers stole weapons and kidnapped several officials, as a video posted online showed a sergeant demanding the removal of President Nicolas Maduro.
The officers attacked a National Guard outpost in the Caracas neighbourhood of Cotiza, a kilometre (0.6 mile) from the presidential Miraflores palace, where they met "firm resistance," the government said in a statement. Witnesses reported hearing gunshots at about 3 a.m. (0700 GMT).
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