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"We face situations of terrorist action," said Chilean Interior Minister Andrés Chadwick, who asked the Senate to approve the anti-terrorism law pbaded in two weeks. His statements arrive after a package of explosives exploded yesterday in a police station in northern Santiago, leaving eight policemen injured. The fact has not been claimed by any group yet.

"The law will allow police and prosecutors to have special investigative tools, such as undercover agents, communication interferences and controlled deliveries," he said. . These measures, which currently exist for the anti-drug law, would be included in the existing anti-terrorism law if the amendment sent to the Senate by the executive was approved.

Chadwick urged lawmakers to change the rule by calling for unity and stressing the importance of dealing with terrorism as a national vision, the newspaper reported. Mercury. "As a government, we are constantly supporting the actions of our police so that the prosecution can count on all the elements to put an end to this impunity," he said.

Eight carabineers were injured yesterday after the explosion of a bomb packet at a police station located north of Santiago de Chile. President Sebastián Piñera said that it was a terrorist act, although no group has yet baderted it.

According to initial investigations, a woman allegedly left a package containing the explosive in the custody of 54th Huechuraba Police Station. Piñera anticipated that the name of the alleged sender is already known and sympathizes with the institution and with the victims of the attack.

"What has happened is undoubtedly a terrorist act," he said after visiting the wounded at the Carabineros Hospital with Minister of the Interior Chadwick. "Send a package containing a bomb to a police station, no doubt, his intention is to sow terror and the Ministry of the Interior has been sued for invoking the anti-terrorist law," he said. -he declares.

The commander of the police unit, Commander Manuel Guzmán, was seriously injured in the head, as a result of the blast. His condition is serious. Four other wounded were identified: Sergeant Erika Bravo, the second, José González Parra and Estefanía Contreras, and Corporal José Aguayo, the first. Subsequently, the carabineros reported three other unidentified persons.

"Fortunately, everyone is out of vital risk," said the president, warning that there was another package. The second bomb targeted the office of the former Interior Minister, Rodrigo Hinzpeter, but did not explode. Both packages had the same shipper and were sent by Correos de Chile. The woman who appears in the police station's security cameras registration is a Correos official who would have no connection with the incident, the president said. According to the prosecutor's office, both devices wore the same clothing.

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 ". 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 .

This was reminiscent of similar attacks in Chile last time, such as the one that hit Subway Board president Louis de Grange in May, or the one that had exploded four months earlier at a bus stop. In none of these cases were the perpetrators found.