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The number of victims of the car bomb attack on a police school in Bogota, Colombia's capital, was raised to 21 Thursday (17). According to police authorities, the perpetrator of the attack, José Aldemar Rojas Rodríguez, is 56 years old. According to the police, 68 people were injured.
"Unfortunately, the preliminary badessment is 21 people, including the person responsible for the attack, and 68 wounded, who were driven to different hospitals with the support of emergency teams and relief of the district of Bogotá, "the statement said. reported by the police.
The author of the badault had no antecedent and the authorities are still investigating the reasons for the attack at the General Santander Police Academy.
The newspaper "El Tiempo" indicates that early versions of the case indicate that Rojas arrived while driving a utility vehicle at the school gate. At the entrance, a sniffer detected the danger and, when officers tried to stop the car, he accelerated and struck one of the lookouts.
He then advanced at high speed over a little over 200 meters and exploded past the school's women's lodge. A police source told the newspaper that the driver was among the dead.
Shortly before the car explosion, the site hosted a cadet promotion ceremony. The images posted on social networks show the remains of a charred car. Emergency services go to the Bogotá Police Academy, where a car exploded on Thursday (17). – Photo: AP Photo "title =" Emergency services go to the Bogotá Police Academy, where a car exploded on Thursday. Friday (17) – photo: AP photo "src =" data: image / jpeg; base64, / 9j / 4AAQSkZJRgABAQAAAQABAAD / 2wBDAAMCAgMCAgMDAwMEAwMEBQgFBQQEBQoHBwYIDAoMDAsKCwsNDhIQDQ4RDgsLEBYQERMUFRUVDA8XGBYUGBIUFRT / 2wBDAQMEBAUEBQkFBQkUDQsNFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBT / wgARCAAOABkDASIAAhEBAxEB / 8QAGAAAAwEBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAUHAwb / xAAVAQEBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACA // // aAAwDAQACEAMQAAABbgR1mhSAuAzcP EAB4QAAEEAgMBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQBAgMFAAYSExQW / 9oACAEBAAEFAtZ2oWOgKu2egy1HY36CuwVXPHSDkPNAjJOuLP / EABkRAAIDAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAgMxFP / aAAgBAwEBPwF0wenPU8P / xAAaEQACAgMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAgEDBAUy / 9AcAcAcAQA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAREAITEQQWGhcdHw / 9oACAEBAAE / IeQMvUwpWmViEtGp5HdkigVt3MxDAfpZAvSxFs4ch5gGGhqK5woBUhxJQ7nwek // 2gAMAwEAAgADAAAAEJf / AP / EABwRAAEDBQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABMZERIUGx8P / aAAgBAwEBPxBTtrMY5hWjZ // EABsRAAEEAwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEAESExQVGB / 9oACAECAQE / EBzEylxNYHNL / 8QAHBABAQEAAwADAAAAAAAAAAAAAREhADFBUWHw / 9oACAEBAAE / EEemY4CuhR0B7WXisYDADQoguUPl5cMlIXkqnWRSzHn4nj6b5fQIV06b7y8JXRTXeu6nvJYDEp8mZ2dVm5vAf // Z "/> [19659007] Emergency services go to the police academy in Bogota where the car exploded (17) – Photo: AP Photo “title =” Les services d'urgence se rendent à l'académie de police de Bogota où la voiture a explosé ce jeudi (17) – Photo: Photo AP “data-src =” https: / / / / / / -2.jpg “/>
Emergency services go to the. Bogota police academy in which a car exploded President Iván Duque described the incident as "a terrorist act". [Photo:PhotoAP