00:00During the night of Sunday, November 1st, an attack with explosives was registered in the municipality of Planadas.
00:05south of Tolima.
00:06According to the departmental governor, Adriana Matiz, the incident has so far left four dead, including
00:13a two-year-old baby.
00:14According to authorities, the emergency occurred near a military base in the neighborhood sector
00:19Airport.
00:20There, according to initial reports, was parked a dump truck that had come from Ataco and was loaded with explosives, which
00:26It was reportedly detonated in a residential area.
00:29The objective, according to preliminary information known to the authorities, was to attack a military base, but the archaeologists
00:35They will end up impacting the municipal hospital.
00:37In addition to the fatalities, the attack caused severe damage to the local hospital's infrastructure, resulting in an 80%
00:43affected and in nearby homes.
00:46Apparently, drones loaded with explosives were also used in the attack.
00:50Governor Matiz, in an interview with FM de Fin de Semana, preliminarily indicated that this attack may have been
00:56executed by FARC dissidents,
00:58He warned that there are alerts about possible new attacks in other municipalities in the south of the department.
01:03Juan Camilo Huege, the mayor of Planadas, announced measures to address the emergency and protect the residents.
01:09such as the curfew in the municipality and the evacuation of health care facilities.
01:14He also arranged for the injured people to be cared for at the Domingo Sabio school.
01:18Others were transferred to Ibagué.
01:20The people who lost their homes were relocated to a communal shed.
01:23During the course of the day, the authorities will hold a security council meeting to determine public order measures for
01:30the department.
01:31The community also expects the presence of bomb disposal technicians in the area to check that no other cylinders have been left behind.
01:37without detonating.
01:37The military forces announced an operational deployment of the army and the strengthening of joint action,
01:43coordinated and inter-institutional, to protect the population,
01:46to identify those responsible and help bring them to justice.
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