Colombia ammunition depot explodes, six missing

[Judi Lynn]

Source: - AFP -

Colombia ammunition depot explodes, six missing
Posted 7 hours 59 minutes ago

Six soldiers are missing and eight others injured after an ammunition depot blew up at a military garrison in Colombia, an army general said, correcting an earlier report that said two people had died.

General Roberto Pico said government investigators had determined that "six servicemen were missing and eight were wounded, six of whom are in stable condition and their lives no longer at risk".

Civil Defence chief Alfredo Munoz earlier reported two people killed and six injured in the blast, adding that more explosions could be heard at the depot, outside the north-west city Medellin.

General Pico said "there was an accident inside an ammunition depot" of an artillery


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Explosions on Colombian Army Base Kill 2
13 hours ago

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A series of explosions ripped through an army base in the Colombian city of Medellin on Saturday, killing at least two people and forcing nearby residents to flee.

The first of at least six large blasts was apparently triggered by a grenade that detonated inside a weapons arsenal, according to witness accounts cited by local media. Smaller explosions continued in the afternoon.

A spokesman for Colombia's army ruled out the possibility of an attack.

"It was an accident, but we're still investigating what exactly happened," Maj. Fernando Avila told The Associated Press moments before boarding a Medellin-bound plane in Bogota.

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[bemildred]

1. "It was an accident, but we're still investigating what exactly happened"

I guess we know the outcome of this "investigation".