Police operation at the Servel office in Temuco after the explosion of an explosive device | National



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A police operation took place this Friday night at the Temuco Electoral Service office due to the outbreak of what would correspond to an explosive device.

Specifically, the event took place in the access of the enclosure located on Lynch Street, between Portales and Manuel Montt.

Up to the site of the event, staff from the Carabineros Special Operations Group (GOPE), in order to verify the situation.

Carlos Martinez (RBB)

According to information from Radio Bío BíoElectoral Service officials were carrying out administrative tasks, at which point they heard a loud noise and went outside the building, at which point they found an element that could be similar to the fuse of an explosive device.

In a preliminary way, no damage noted outside the Servel or in neighboring buildings.

As the minutes passed, the head of the National Defense for La Araucanía, General Rodrigo Pino, also arrived to be informed of the procedure in question.

Carlos Martinez (RBB)

In this regard, it indicated that “according to the evaluation that the GOPE has just carried out in the place, it would have corresponded to a detonated explosive device, that did not cause damage to the infrastructure or people “.

“The prosecutor ordered that specialist police personnel carry out the expert reports on the spot and subsequently proceed to record the site of the event, to determine what were the causes and characteristics of the device that would have been used “added Pino.

Likewise, it asserted that “this could have caused harm to people, to a passerby (…) What we just experienced a few minutes ago here in the region is totally reprehensible “, explaining that they will evaluate putting special protection on the premises.

For his part, the prosecutor on duty, Cristian Crisosto, pointed out that “the preliminary hypothesis is that it would be an explosive device, which was activated on the front of the Electoral Service “.

“The work of the OS9 was arranged to be able to establish the participation of a person in the installation and activation of this explosive device “he added, further confirming that there were Servel officials inside the enclosure at the time of the event.

Hugo Oviedo (RBB)



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