Video | Horror night in Madrid, Cundinamarca: vandals set fire to a police station

El Sosiego district police station, in an urban area of ​​Madrid, Cundinamarca, was attacked by vandals on the night of June 28 after a siege of more than five hours in the middle of an eventful day, characterized by demonstrations and roadblocks in different areas of the municipality.

According to eyewitness accounts, the attack escalated when vandals presumably set the uniformed motorcycles on fire, which produced a fire that left a assessment to be determined of the wounded by the security forces and the citizens of the said zone.

According to WEEK the figure would be 7 people, 4 police and 3 civilians; Snail news reported 10 touchdowns, without specifying how many correspond to the Police and how many to civil society.

Where there is consensus is that on the day of the demonstrations in commemoration of the national strike, there was no presence of Esmad in Madrid. As happened in another hot spot in the department, such as Facatativá, whose courthouse was set on fire the same night.

We also learned that The crowd that attacked the police station consisted of 30 people, whose arrival took place in the afternoon of the 28 last.

The town hall of the town ruled on the acts of violence in the town, stressing the absence of Esmad on the scene.

Only the police officers on duty and members of the Available Force were present at the El Sosiego police station. In Madrid, there was no Esmad presence during the day. Nothing justifies this indiscriminate attack on a whole community

Among the assignments, Attacks were also reported on municipal ambulances and medical missions providing care to the injured amid the violence in Madrid during the day..

the Unified command post, made up of the Army, the Police, the Town Hall and the Ombudsman, met at 6:00 p.m. for the purpose of monitoring and deactivating municipal hot spots.

The unblocking of the road from Madrid to Bogotá and Facatativá was reported at night.

The municipal authorities raised their voice of protest against the violent as well as against the Unemployment Committee in Madrid, demanding that the latter take responsibility for the episode of violence suffered by the municipality, at a distance of 30 minutes from Bogotá:

The citizens of Madrid as a whole must reject these acts which only increase the spread of hatred. Anyone who justifies violence and destruction is outside the framework of a citizenship with values, culture and respect for others. We demand that the violent, as well as the Committee of the National Strike of Madrid, assume clear responsibilities for the violent acts of today. The people of Madrid expect a clear rejection from them in the face of this violent wave, without hesitation, without evasive rhetoric

The convulsive panorama of Cundinamarca in # 28J

In addition to Madrid, Facatativá, Soacha, Usme, Funza and Bosa, neighboring municipalities of Bogotá, attacks and riots in commemoration of the two months of the national strike, partially suspended by the National Committee, which has called demonstrations for July 20, the day of the installation of the Congress of the Republic.

Facatativá: Fire at the Palace of Justice and blockade of the roads connecting Bogotá; damage to electrical wiring and mobility problems on the evening of June 21.

Usme: intermittent clashes between demonstrators and police, in addition to the bus diversion of the public transport system.

Funza: roadblocks in the urban area of ​​the municipality, without reporting injuries due to clashes between authorities and demonstrators.

At the time of writing, the departmental authorities of Cundinamarca, headed by the governor Nicolas garcia, they have not yet published an official report on the acts of violence that occurred on June 28.