Dispute over drumstick at Morat's concert in Venezuela led to a brawl

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The Morat group regretted that an armed person entered one of its concerts that it performed in Caracas on Saturday, March 26 and Sunday, March 27.

In a statement published on its Twitter account, the band assured that it "categorically rejects any manifestation of violence" and that "they will always do everything possible to make their concerts a safe space and their music a reason for unity."

They say that the police have already taken action on the matter and that they will not allow what happened to tarnish the memory of playing in Venezuela for the first time.

For its part, the producer AGTE Live through a statement apologized while expressing that it rejects and condemns any type of violence and in that sense regretted the events that occurred on Saturday night at the end of the Morat concert.

They stressed that they went to the authorities to report the case, request that those affected be treated and ask that measures be taken in the future.

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CNN contacted the Mayor's Office of Chacao, a municipality in the capital where the event was held, on the terrace of a well-known shopping center.

So far we have not received a response.

The Police of that town say that they are working on the rigorous investigations and that at the time of writing this note they were waiting for the victims to formalize the complaint.

CNN also contacted the Attorney General's Office to expand the information, but still no response.

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A source with access to the organization of the event told CNN that the impasse was generated when one of the band members threw the drumsticks into the public towards a VIP area where a sign was seen in which a follower of the group asked for a drumstick as a souvenir.

Two women in the audience took the pieces and claimed ownership.

According to the version of that source, a woman carrying a weapon intervened by beating one of the companions of the other person.

In the event there were shoves and blows.

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That same source told CNN that the armed person who would have been identified at the event as a police officer assigned to a military security body, who was guarding a senior official from one of the country's five public powers and her sister.

Similarly, it ensures that the senior official and her companion attended the event at the invitation of the producer and that because they entered through the backstage area, a preferential area, the rigorous searches that are carried out at the entrance are not usually carried out. event overview.

He considers that a weapon could have been brought into the concert for this reason.

CNN is seeking the reaction of the Venezuelan Ministry of Defense in relation to this episode.

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