Three soldiers killed during a shooting in a Chilean army regiment

Three soldiers died during a shootout in the Armored Cavalry School Regiment of Iquique, in northern Chile, announced today the army.

The incident occurred yesterday afternoon when a soldier – identified as being Marco Velásquez, 18 years old – who was on duty began firing on other soldiers and s & rsquo; Is then committed suicide.

The shots of the soldier killed second sergeant Fernando Zamorano, 33 years old. The first corporal, Pablo Benavides, aged 31, announced the regiment's leader, Lt. Col. Ignacio García Bunster, according to the EFE news agency.

Velásquez "was a soldier who had 11 months of education," said Garcia Bunster, who, according to his brother Diego, had already tried to commit suicide. So he was "with a psychologist and a psychiatrist" and "they had to cancel it without wanting it". .

"I deeply regret the death of three members of the Chilean army at the Armored Cavalry School of Iquique, we hope soon the outcome of the investigation," said the Minister of Defense, Alberto Espina, on Twitter.