A Molotov cocktail exploded inside a school in Chile: at least 35 people were injured

A Molotov cocktail exploded inside a school in Chile: at least 35 people were injured

October 23, 2024 – 15:26

According to the police, the students were planning to cause “disorder” with “explosive devices” on public roads. The incident happened inside the bathroom of the Barros Arana National Boarding School.

At least 35 peoplemost of them students, were injured and four of them at risk of life, when a bomb exploded this Wednesday molotov bomb inside a school from Santiago de Chile.

The explosion occurred inside a bathroom in the Barros Arana National Boarding Schoolwhen a group of students He manipulated the Molotov cocktail, according to the local site Emol.

Rafael Borgoñothe director of the Mutual de Seguridad Hospital, indicated that of the five patients received by the healthcare center, “currently four are in extreme seriousnesspresenting various burns and one is in serious condition.

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He Barros Arana National Boarding Schoolalso known as A-17, is a character high school lay and municipallocated in front of Quinta Norma park. Firefighters from Labocar and OS-9 from Carabineros are working at the scene.

What is known about the investigation

The colonel of the Santiago Central Prefecture, Fernando Albornozcommented to the Emol site that the students were preparing inside the school bathroom, to go out to demonstrate and cause “disorders“on public roads.

“An undetermined amount of students was inside the educational establishment and the tests were already being carried out. preparations to be able to leave the premises and carry out disorders and throw blunt elements and explosive devices on public roads“.

How many injuries did the incident cause?

At the moment, there are at least 35 people injured of which four are in a serious state of health. According to the preliminary information they received in the hospitalOf the five young people, two are 18 years old and three are minors, but over 15.

The people who were injured were transferred and interned in different hospitals, including the Domeyko Clinic, the San Juan de Dios Hospital and the Central Post Office.

“This kind of burns generates different reactions in the body, also a lot of pain, therefore, currently they are, or with medical ventilationor with high level of sedation“added the professional.

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