According to police, the toll of victims of the car bomb attack in Bogotá is 21 | World



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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.

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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

President Iván Duque called the incident "a terrorist act". On Twitter, Duque said that he was going to the scene and asked that the perpetrators of the attack be brought to justice. "I return immediately to Bogota with the Military Summit, before the terrible terrorist act committed in the Santander General School against our police officers," he said.

"Let's go to the place of the events, I ordered the police to determine the perpetrators of this attack and bring them to justice." All Colombians reject terrorism and we are united to face it. curves with violence, "he writes in another tweet.

Itamaraty condemned the attack." By reaffirming his firm rejection of any terrorist act, whatever his motives, the Brazilian government presents his condolences and his solidarity with the families of the victims, the Colombian people and the Colombian government, and wishes the wounded to recover fully, "he said, a note from the Ministry.

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Still according to the Colombian newspaper, Rojas bought the vehicle in May of last year. He had no criminal record.

It is not yet known why Rojas committed the attack. The investigation, according to "El Tiempo", relies on three badumptions for the coordination of the attack:

  • the militias of the ELN, responsible for other attacks in 2017;
  • the suga clan, a paramilitary militia linked to drug trafficking