During the afternoon of this Tuesday, July 21, authorities were alerted by the discovery of a presumed explosive device in Bogotá. According to preliminary information, the events occurred on Carrera Séptima between 67th and 70th streets.
EL TIEMPO consulted with the Bogotá Security Secretariat to learn the details of the case.
What is known after the discovery of a ‘suspicious object’
After carrying out the corresponding protocols and verifying the conditions of the place, the authorities ruled out the presence of an “explosive device“.
During the afternoon hours of this Tuesday, a preventive closure was carried out for several minutes on Carrera Séptima. No passage was allowed for private cars or public transport vehicles while any emergency was being ruled out.
The procedure took several minutes and around 3:30 in the afternoon, as soon as any threat of a presumed “explosive device” was ruled out, the area was reopened and transport services resumed.
Minutes after the alert call from the community in the sector, the Security Secretariat also highlighted that the abandonment of the presumed object occurred exactly on 72nd Street with Carrera Séptima.
“We inform that after verifying a suspicious package on 72nd Street with Carrera 7 by our anti-explosives units, the presence of any explosive device was ruled out,” reads the official channels’ statement.
Videos published on social media captured part of the authorities’ operation.
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Luisa Fernanda Gutiérrez Henao
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