Car bomb attack in Colombia, in Bogotá, inside the "General Santander" Police School. According to the newspaper "El Tiempo", the balance is at least 10 dead and over 50 injured. The driver of the car also died. Testimonials collected by Colombian media have allowed us to reconstruct the dynamics. A dog trained in the detection of explosives warned something suspicious about a van that was entering from the visitors' gate. Once discovered, the driver accelerated sharply, overwhelming an agent and crashing the vehicle, which exploded, against the entrance of an internal compound of the compound. Sources of Colombian intelligence have suggested that the bomber proposed to park the van and then detonate it with a remote control. But, faced with the intervention of the dog unit, he had to change his plan. Authorities report that some wounded were taken to the El Túnal hospital, and others to the Olaya polyclinic. The school is located south of the capital and there is training for officers of the National Police. The Attorney General, Néstor Humberto Martínez, then stated that the bomber was identified: this is José Aldemar Rojas Rodríguez. It is not known if it belonged to an armed group. President Iván Duque was visiting Quibdó, in the west of the country, and announced the immediate return to the capital, reiterating his commitment to fighting terrorism: <script async src = "https://platform.twitter.com /widgets.js "charset =" utf-8 "> </script> <blockquote class =" twitter-tweet "data-lang =" it "> <p lang =" es "dir =" ltr "> Vamos al lugar de los hechos. He die órdenes a la Fuerza Pública para determinar los autores de este ataque y llevarlos a la justicia. Todos los Colombianos rechazamos el terrorismo y estamos unidos para enfrentarlo. COLOMBIA if entristece but not if doblega ante la violencia. </p> - Iván Duque (@IvanDuque) <a href="https://twitter.com/IvanDuque/status/1085925017630707713?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"> January 17 2019 </a> </blockquote> <async script src = "https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset = "utf-8"> </script> Vice President Marta Lucía Ramírez expressed on Twitter solidarity with the police: <blockquote class = "twitter-tweet" data-lang = "it"> <p lang = "es" dir = "ltr"> Dolor por nuestros policías fallecidos. Solidaridad y cariño hacia sus familias. Fortaleza to the Colombian pueblo !! The terrorism jamás nos doblegara en el compromiso de fortalecer instituciones, desarrollar a Colombia y luchar contra la corrupción. </p> - Marta Lucía Ramírez (@mluciaramirez) <a href = "https://twitter.com/mluciaramirez/status/ 1085928913979682821? Ref_src = twsrc% 5Etfw "> 17 January 2019 </a> </blockquote> <script async src =" https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js "charset =" utf-8 "> </ script> Support also from the mayor of the capital: <blockquote class = "twitter-tweet" data-lang = "it"> <p lang = "es" dir = "ltr"> I solidaridad con nuestros policías frente a acto terrorist en la Escuela General Santander. Los colombianos pueden hold certainty que los criminales no intimidaran to nuestro Estado </p> - Enrique Peñalosa (@EnriquePenalosa) <a href = "https://twitter.com/EnriquePenalosa/status/1085929842850385921?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" > 17 January 2019 </a> </blockquote> <script async src = "https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset = "utf-8"> </script>
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17 January 2019Bomb car bombing in Colombia, in Bogotá, inside the "General Santander" Police School. According to the newspaper "El Tiempo", the balance is at least 10 dead and over 50 injured. The driver of the car also died. Testimonials collected by Colombian media have allowed us to reconstruct the dynamics. A dog trained in the detection of explosives warned something suspicious about a van that was entering from the visitors' gate. Once discovered, the driver accelerated sharply, overwhelming an agent and crashing the vehicle, which exploded, against the entrance of an internal compound of the compound. Sources of Colombian intelligence have suggested that the bomber proposed to park the van and then detonate it with a remote control. But, faced with the intervention of the dog unit, he had to change his plan. Authorities report that some wounded were taken to the El Túnal hospital, and others to the Olaya polyclinic. The school is located south of the capital and there is training for officers of the National Police. The Attorney General, Néstor Humberto Martínez, then stated that the bomber was identified: this is José Aldemar Rojas Rodríguez. It is not known if it belonged to an armed group. President Iván Duque was visiting Quibdó, in the west of the country, and announced the immediate return to the capital, reaffirming his commitment to fighting terrorism: Vamos al lugar de los hechos. He die órdenes a la Fuerza Pública para determinar los autores de este ataque y llevarlos a la justicia. Todos los Colombianos rechazamos el terrorismo y estamos unidos para enfrentarlo. COLOMBIA if entristece but not if doblega ante la violencia.
- Iván Duque (@IvanDuque) 17 January 2019 Vice President Marta Lucía Ramírez expressed solidarity with the police on Twitter: Dolor por nuestros policías fallecidos. Solidaridad y cariño hacia sus familias. Fortaleza to the Colombian pueblo !! The terrorism jamás nos doblegara en el compromiso de fortalecer instituciones, desarrollar a Colombia y luchar contra la corrupción.
- Marta Lucía Ramírez (@mluciaramirez) 17 January 2019 Support also from the mayor of the capital: I solidaridad con nuestros policías frente a acto terrorist en la Escuela General Santander. Los colombianos pueden hold certainza que los criminales no intimidaran to nuestro Estado
- Enrique Peñalosa (@EnriquePenalosa) 17 January 2019
