Armed gang storms Ecuador TV station as state of ‘internal armed conflict’ declared

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Heavily armed gangsters have stormed the studio of a major television station in Ecuador during a live broadcast, prompting the country's president to declare a state of internal armed conflict" amid a series of seemingly coordinated attacks across the South American country.

Police special forces later arrested all the masked gunmen who invaded the headquarters of the TC Television network in Ecuador's largest city, Guayaquil, at about 2pm local time on Tuesday.