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Friday, November 15
“Terrorist” attack leaves three dead at Colombia airport
At least three people, two of them policemen and a civilian who was handling an explosive charge, died in the vicinity of the Camilo Daza international airport, in the Colombian city of Cúcuta , when two artifacts exploded, official sources reported.
The The governor of Norte de Santander, Silvano Serrano, told reporters that the alleged terrorist died when the device he was carrying exploded, while a second explosive was detonated when the police went to the scene after the first explosion.
“ Apparently, a second artifact that was on the site is the one that causes death to the two uniformed men “, stated the governor.
For his part, the Colombian president, Iván Duque said on social networks that he repudiated the “cowardly attack terrorist occurred in the city of Cúcuta. ”
He added that together with the Police and the Army they are coordinating “immediate actions to find those responsible for this attack.”
The Civil Aeronautics reported that due to the explosion suspended operations at the Cúcuta airport, a border city with Venezuela and capital of Norte de Santander.
recorded an explosion in an area near the Camilo Daza de Cúcuta airport. In accordance with the established protocols, operations in that air terminal were suspended while the corresponding authorities determine what happened, “said Civil Aeronautics in a statement.
Colonel Giovanni Antonio Madariaga Pérez, of the Cúcuta Police, said that “criminals entered the Camilo Daza airport where they detonated an explosive device between the platform and the external mesh” of the air terminal.
The officer added that minutes later two police explosives who were inspecting the area found a suitcase and “when approaching with all the security measures (the load) detonates”, causing the death of the two members of that institution.
Last June the explosion of a car at the facilities of the Thirtieth Army Brigade in Cúcuta left 36 injured, and weeks later the helicopter in which President Duque was traveling, he was shocked by several shots when he approached the Camilo Daza airport.
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