Colombia: at least 36 injured after the explosion of …

A car bomb exploded Tuesday afternoon in the 30th Brigade of the Colombian Army, in the city of Cúcuta, and left 36 injuredDefense Minister Diego Molano reported on Tuesday, who said the first hypothesis indicates that the attack was carried out by ELN guerrillas. The attack came hours after the National Unemployment Committee announced the end of the mobilisations after 50 days of conflict.

President Ivan Duque He sent Molano to Cúcuta, capital of the department of Norte de Santander, to investigate what happened. From there, the minister said that as a result of the attack “36 people have been injured so far, three of them have presented a certain level of severity and one of them has already underwent surgery “.

“Faced with the explosion of a vehicle inside the 30th Army Brigade, in the city of Cúcuta, I instructed the Minister of Defense, Diego Molano, to go to the city and conduct investigations to clarify this unfortunate situation, ”Duque wrote on his Twitter account around 17 years old (19 from Argentina).

The first reports spoke of 16 injured, with no fatalities, but shortly after theThe figure rose to 36 injured, as the newspaper reports Weather in Bogota. So far, no armed group has claimed responsibility for the explosive attack. The alleged attack happened at 3:30 p.m. (Argentina 5:30 p.m.), when a white van exploded. within the 30th Brigade of the Colombian Army.

In some of the videos taken by the military themselves and broadcast by the Colombian media, members of the armed forces are heard saying: “They entered into us, they entered into us.” In these images, only material damage was observed in some buildings in the area, mainly broken windows.

Minister Molano said he went “immediately” to Cúcuta, accompanied by the army commander, General Eduardo Enrique Zapateiro, to “check the situation” and “activate the relevant actions in the face of these serious events”.

The explosion video