Bogota, (EFE).- An explosion in front of a police station in the city of Bucaramanga, capital of the Colombian department of Santander, left five injured this Wednesday, authorities reported.
after 2:00 p.m. (7:00 p.m. GMT) an explosion was reported near the Police Station of the North of Bucaramanga, reported to EFE Manuel Vasquez, secretary of general interior of the active reserve of the Police.
The fact is being investigated by the authorities, although for the moment the possible authorship of the attack is unknown, while the agents have been transferred to a hospital center to be treated.
The images that have circulated on social networks show that the detonation occurred near a pole where the agents park their motorcycles.
At the moment, the mayor of Bucaramanga, Juan Carlos Cardenasconvened a security council to take action.
“The terrorist act presented in the North Police Station It leaves us with five people injured, who are being treated at this time, and property damage. We are making progress in investigations with security cameras,” he said. Cárdenas through his Twitter account.
The authorities offer a reward of 50 million pesos (about 11,000 dollars) for information that helps apprehend those responsible. EFE
