Venezuelan Defense Minister General Vladimir Padrino Lopez confirmed on Sunday an attack on a military base in Gran Sabana in the south of the country, in which an army trooper was killed during the assault. 

"In the early morning hours today, a military unit in the south of the country was assaulted by extremist sectors of the opposition, and a batch of weapons was taken from the unit," Padrino informed.

The minister also confirmed that police and military agents were deployed in the area and managed to capture some of the attackers, as well as the stolen weapons.

"Military and police units in the region immediately activated and took up arms against the assailants, began a pursuit against these groups, stopped the first subjects and managed to recover all the weapons," he said, adding that "the detainees are providing information."