Masked gunmen stormed a live studio broadcast in Guayaquil, Ecuador last night. The group broke into public network TC’s studio and terrified staff, holding a program host at gunpoint and showing off their guns and grenades before the broadcast was cut off.
The terrifying scene shows the masked gunmen shouting at staff and holding shotguns, with the screams of a woman apparently in pain heard off camera.
The AFP reported one woman as pleading, “Don’t shoot, please don’t shoot.” According to the BBC, Ecuadorian police later freed all staff and made 13 arrests.
In a video posted by local law enforcement, the alleged perpetrators and their weapons were shown and promise made to prosecute them for “terrorist” offenses.
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