A bomb exploded in a police station in Santiago, Chile: five policemen were injured

An explosive device five injured agents Rifles exploded Thursday in a police station in Santiago de Chile. The alleged attack occurred at the 54th Huechuraba Police Station, located on Recoleta Avenue, at 5:00 am. The investigators succeeded in establishing that it was a woman. left a package on holdInside was the artifact that exploded later.

General Carabinieri Jorge Ávila confirmed that the police unit commissioner was among the five wounded soldiers. blow to the head product of the explosion. The wounded are Major Manuel Guzmán, Sergeant First Erika Bravo, Corporal José Aguayo, Corporal José González Parra and Corporal Estefanía Contreras Parra.

At least three of the five people arrived at the hospital to be treated and, according to the testimony of the mayor of Santiago Metropolitan Region, Karla Rubilar, They are out of danger. In addition, the manager has ruled out that the explosion occurred due to damage caused to an "air conditioner or other element", which was the first version.

For the Chilean President, Sebastián Piñera, the attack "it is undoubtedly a terrorist act, By sending a package containing a bomb to a police station, he intends to spread terror. "We know that another consignment was sent by the same shipper.We warned the consignee to avoid a second explosion," added the president.

Staff of the Special Operations Group of the Carabinieri police approached the police station to carry out the corresponding expertises and the investigation of the incident will be conducted under the Anti-Terrorism Act.

In recent years, attacks with packages of explosives in public places have triggered alarms in Chile, although none of them caused deaths. In 2017, an "ecoextremista" group claimed the attack of these features against the president of the state-owned company Codelco, the largest copper-producing company in the world.