Not So Inane Drones

BBC:

Venezuelan officials: drones carrying explosives went off as President Maduro was giving a live televised speech; he's unharmed, but seven soldiers were injured  —  Venezuelan officials say explosive drones went off as President Nicolás Maduro was giving a live televised speech in Caracas, but he is unharmed.

More:

Alexandra Ulmer / Reuters:   Venezuela's Maduro object of ‘attack’, but fine: official

Associated Press:   Venezuelan president speech cut short after apparent attack

CBS News:   Explosions at Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro's speech were attempted attack, government says

Associated Press:   Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro survives drone assassination attempt

Lauren Meier / Axios:   Explosions erupt during Venezuelan president's speech

Neetu Chandak / The Daily Caller:   Explosion From Drone Attacks Cuts Off Venezuela President's Speech

Tweets:

John Backus / @backus:   Venezuela: bitcoin black markets and civilians trying to assassinate leaders with exploding drones. The cyberpunk future is already here—It's just not evenly distributed. https://twitter.com/...

Zack Whittaker / @zackwhittaker:   Venezuelan officials say a drone carrying explosives went off as President Maduro was giving a live speech. http://www.techmeme.com/... Three years ago to the day, I wrote that Homeland Security warned that drones could be used as weapons. http://www.zdnet.com/...

@briankrebs:   Mark my words: There will come a day when anyone worth killing will need to have their own fleet of personal anti-drone killing drones following them all the time like an extended force field. https://twitter.com/...

Holly Figueroa O'Reilly / @aynrandpaulryan:   This is not good. DEVELOPING: Venezuelan television transmission shows President Nicolas Maduro abruptly cutting short a speech, and soldiers seen running before the transmission was cut off, AP and Reuters report. pic.twitter.com/srGSG1LaEf

No one is safe, nor should they be!