Colombia offers reward after presidential helicopter shooting

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President Iván Duque's helicopter was shot at as he flew near the Venezuelan border on Friday.

Colombia has offered a reward of three billion pesos for information about an attack on the president's helicopter.

Iván Duque was nearing Cúcuta airport near the border with Venezuela when his aircraft was hit by gunfire on Friday.Nobody on board was injured. The UN, EU and US have all condemned the attack. Defence Minister Diego Molano - who was also on board the aircraft - offered the reward for any information leading to the culprits on Saturday.

National police meanwhile announced that they had found two rifles in a Cúcuta neighbourhood - an AK-47, and a 7.62 calibre rifle. which they say were used in the attack. The 7.62 calibre rifle had "the marks of the Armed Forces of Venezuela", national police chief General Jorge Vargas.image copyright

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