Unidentified persons threw tear gas bombs and pamphlets and fired into the air outside the Caracas home of Venezuelan journalist Marta Colomina on December 1, the Peru-based Instituto Prensa y Sociedad (IPYS) has reported.
Colomina presents an editorial program in Unión Radio and is a columnist for the newspaper El Universal. In the pamphlets, which were signed by members of the group known as La Piedrita, the journalist was declared to be a "war objective" and was accused of promoting the assassination of President Hugo Chávez through her program.
La Piedrita is a group formed in a popular sector of western Caracas. During the last few months they have claimed to be responsible for similar attacks against the headquarters of Globovisión TV station, the newspaper El Nuevo País and against the home of Leopoldo Castillo, presenter of the programme Aló Ciudadano which is broadcast by Globovisión.
Colomina was not at home at the time of the attack.
In March 2002, Colomina was granted protective measures by the Organization of American States' (OAS) Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to guarantee her life after she received threats over the telephone. In June 2003, Colomina suffered an attempt on her life when explosive devices were thrown at her car.
