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Despite the ban on the burning of gunpowder by inexperienced hands, the sound of this material echoed in many areas of Bogotá on Christmas Eve.
One of the most regrettable cases occurred in the Policarpa neighborhood, in the town of Antonio Nariño, where a 4-year-old boy suffered burns on his left hand after a gunpowder device that he had picked up from the floor exploded.
“Yesterday we had a burned child because he picked up a device from the floor and it exploded in his hand. Today he is injured. Therefore, let’s not use gunpowder”Was the call of Alejandro Rivera, the local mayor of Rafael Uribe.
Between the 24th and the early hours of December 25, there are three cases of gunpowder injuries in the capital, one minor and two adults. According to the Bogotá Police commander, the south of the city a woman lost one of her limbs.
Clemencia Mayorga, Undersecretary of Health of Bogotá, stated that, Although there is a reduction in gunpowder burns compared to previous years, the report may change because some patients consult late.
In the more than three hundred gunpowder seizure operations carried out by the Police, the towns of Bosa, Santa Fe and San Cristóbal have been the ones that most register pyrotechnic elements.
Although many citizens, some sleepless, wonder what happened to the ban, several people have been fined for the commercialization of these elements.
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