An explosive device in a trash bin ripped through a subway station in Santiago, Chile, Monday, injuring eight. CNN reports:
The explosion happened around 2 p.m. at the Escuela Militar station in the upper- class neighborhood of Las Condes, said Mario Rozas, spokesman for the Chilean National Police.
Most of the injured were in a restaurant at the metro station.
The victims suffered “sound trauma, three had cuts, one had an exposed fracture and another one had a traumatic amputation of fingers.” The victims were from 30 to 65 years old.
CNN Chile reported the explosive device was inside a trash bin in an open area at the metro station.
A government spokesman called the bombing “an act of terrorism.”Alvaro Elizalde said that the explosion “has all the characteristics of a terrorist act.”
#Chile update: Explosion at metro station in santiago causes at least 6 injured. Reports of bomb blast. pic.twitter.com/h7G8AVcCjK
— José Miguel Sardo (@jmsardo) September 8, 2014
#Chile update: Govt spokesman says blast at Santiago subway (Military Schhool stop) was a "terrorist attack".7 injurd pic.twitter.com/lIJXztwHMc
— José Miguel Sardo (@jmsardo) September 8, 2014
Just hours back from a weekend in #Santiago, #Chile and there's an apparent terrorist attack on the metro. One of many in past 10 yrs.
— Ben Tavener (@BenTavener) September 8, 2014
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