Lilian Tintori: "The shots were for me. They want to kill me"
«We heard 10 shots and hit the ground. I thought they had hit me,» she says. «I felt pain, terror, indignation. The blood and the shells of the bullets of evil fell on us.” Also on Wednesday, the day of the shooting, the plane Tintori was traveling in had to make an emergency landing. It later caught fire. She claims that the accident was not fortuitous.
«The shots were for me. They want to kill me. I denounce it.» These are the words of Lilian Tintori, wife of Leopoldo Lopez, after the shooting of opposition politician Luis Manuel Diaz while participating in a rally for the upcoming parliamentary elections.
«We heard 10 shots and hit the ground. I thought they had hit me,» she says. «I felt pain, terror, indignation. The blood and the shells of the bullets of evil fell on us.” Also on Wednesday, the day of the shooting, the plane Tintori was traveling in had to make an emergency landing. It later caught fire. She claims that the accident was not fortuitous.
