ASUNCION, Paraguay (Reuters) -- Unknown attackers on Wednesday
                  threw Molotov cocktails and fired guns at the homes of two members of
                  Paraguay's Supreme Court, but no-one was injured, police said.

                  Police suspect those responsible could be supporters of former army chief
                  Lino Oviedo, who have staged similar attacks in the past.

                  The Supreme Court overruled a decree by President Raul Cubas in
                  December and ordered Oviedo be sent back to jail to serve out a sentence
                  for attempting a coup against former President Juan Carlos Wasmosy in
                  1996.

                  Cubas, a friend and ally of Oviedo, has ignored the order, plunging the small
                  South American nation into its worst crisis since it emerged from the 35-year
                  dictatorship of Alfredo Stroessner in 1989.

                  Oviedo demanded the resignation of the judges who voted against him and a
                  group of his followers smashed windows in the Supreme Court buildings by
                  firing shots in December.

                  In the attacks early on Wednesday morning, two Molotov cocktails were
                  thrown onto the patio of Judge Elixeno Ayala and an hour later shots were
                  fired from a vehicle at the house of Supreme Court President Raul Sapena.

                  "The Interior Ministry is preparing a note in which it offers every possible
                  guarantee of security to the judges so they can carry out their activities
                  normally," Interior Minister Ruben Arias said.

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