Chile: Bomb placed at business school and arson attack at court in Santiago

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Both incidents happened late in the night of May 11th in different parts of Santiago.

from the $hilean press… translated by war on society:

Bomb threat in Business School in downtown of Santiago.

A bomb alert was made around 7pm in the Business School, where in the facilities’ bathrooms was found a device hidden inside a package.

The package was found by cleaning personnel of the place, who handled the device and took it to the streets, fearing a possible explosion. Then they called the police.

At the intersection of Ejército and Grajales specialist personnel from GOPE arrived, cordoned off the area and partially evacuated it, and checked the package.

The package was composed of a metal container with wires that were tied with tape. It was taken to police headquarters. In the place there were no leaflets found.

After conducting tests, Gope said it was a sound bomb, which was not possible to activate. Information about which the press was not given further details.

As a precautionary measure, traffic was blocked outside the Business School, and people living in the emergency perimeter were evacuated.

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Arson attack on a court of the local police in Peñalolen.

Around midnight, a group of unknown persons attacked with molotov cocktails the Court of the Local Police, which houses the Registry Office and other municipal offices Peñalolén neighborhood, located at 6900 Los Orientales.

Around 5 bombs were thrown at the roof of the court, causing a threat of fire, which was controlled by the security of the site and the police.

At the site were found leaflets alluding to the “bombs case” and to Mauricio Morales, who died May 22nd 2009 after the bomb he was carrying to the field school of the Gendarmería exploded. There was also found writing on a wall that read “freedom to all the prisoners!” and “PUNK MAURI IS HERE!”

Video from the press, here.

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