At least eight policemen injured by explosion in police station in Santiago

Eight carabineers were wounded on Thursday after the explosion of a bomb package at a police station in Huechuraba village, located north of Santiago, accusing President Sebastián Piñera of calling "without any doubt "a" terrorist act ".

According to initial investigations, a woman allegedly left a package in the custody of the 54th Huechuraba Police Station, which contained the device that then exploded.

The commander of the police unit, Commander Manuel Guzmán, was severely hit in the head as a result of the explosion and his condition is severe.

Four other wounded were identified as Sergeant Erika Bravo, the second ends José González Parra and Estefanía Contreras and Corporal José Aguayo first.

Later, Carabineros reported three more wounded, although he did not identify them until tonight.

"Send a package containing a bomb to a police station, no doubt, his intention is to sow terror, so the Ministry of the Interior has been sued for invoking the anti-terrorism law," said Piñera , arrived at the hospital with the Minister of the Interior. Interior and Security, Andrés Chadwick.

Piñera, who had predicted that the name of the alleged sender was already known, sympathized with the institution and with the five victims of the attack.

"Fortunately, not everyone is running any vital risk," said the president, who warned that there was another bomb package containing the same shipper and that he had already warned its recipients.

In addition, he stated that the two parcels had been sent by the company Correos de Chile and had confirmed that the woman in charge of recording the cameras of the police station victim of the attack was an official of Correos "who delivered only the parcel".

All injured were transported by police helicopters to the force hospital to deal with, while experts from the Special Operations Group (BEP) were gathering evidence at the scene of the event .

The Mayor of the metropolitan region of Santiago, Karla Rubilar, told the press that it was "one of the most serious events" and confirmed that the five uniformed people affected were " without any vital risk ".