French Prosecutors Launch Probe After Drone Seen Flying Near Macron’s Holiday Spot

French prosecutors have opened an investigation after a drone flew near the holiday home of President Emmanuel Macron.

The drone was seen flying on Monday near the Fort de Bregancon, a mediaeval structure that takes up most of a small island off of southern France.

Macron is currently there with his wife, Brigitte.

Local officials in nearby Toulon said on Tuesday that the drone eventually fell into the Mediterranean Sea.

The president’s office had no comment and did not respond when asked whether security forces took action against the drone

Aerial traffic is forbidden within a 1,000-metre zone surrounding the fort, which has been a presidential getaway for half a century.

On Saturday, a drone loaded with explosives detonated near a military event where Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was giving a speech, but he escaped unharmed in what the embattled leader called an assassination attempt.

Seven people were wounded in the apparent attack, which came as Maduro celebrated the National Guard’s 81st anniversary in the capital, Caracas.

Maduro later said “everything points” to a right-wing plot that an initial investigation suggested was linked to Colombia and the U.S. state of Florida, where many Venezuelan exiles live.

Several perpetrators were caught, he said, without elaborating.

“This was an assassination attempt, they tried to assassinate me,” Maduro said in a televised address.

“That drone was coming for me but there was a shield of love. I am sure I will live for many more years.”

Later on Sunday, Interior Minister Nestor Reverol said that six people had been detained over the incident.

One of the six suspects detained had a pending arrest warrant for a 2017 attack on a military base, and a second had been arrested in 2014 for participating in anti-government street protests, he said.