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Olympic Training Center evacuated after bomb threat

From Cooperativa · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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News Named sources Outcome reported
  • A bomb threat led to the preventive evacuation of the Olympic Training Center in Ñuñoa and a Santo Tomás University facility inside the complex.
  • The threat arrived by email and reportedly referred to other university sites, including a campus in Valdivia.
  • Carabineros’ GOPE unit searched the building and reported that everything was in order.

A bomb threat prompted the preventive evacuation of the Olympic Training Center in Ñuñoa and the Santo Tomás University Institute of Sports Sciences located inside the complex.

The threat came through emails that also mentioned other university sites. Santo Tomás University’s campus in Valdivia was evacuated on the same Friday because of the threats.

Around 10 in the morning, information was received through a phone call that there could possibly be a device with explosive characteristics inside. This was in different communes, in San Joaquín, here in Ñuñoa, and in other places.

· Captain Juan Pablo PalmaHe described the report that triggered the evacuation during an interview with Chilevisión.

Carabineros’ GOPE unit and municipal personnel supported the evacuation. Captain Juan Pablo Palma told Chilevisión that authorities received a phone call at around 10 a.m. reporting a possible explosive device in the building and in locations in several communes, including Ñuñoa and San Joaquín.

After inspecting the building, Palma said, “Everything was found to be in order.”

Everything was found to be in order.

· Captain Juan Pablo PalmaHe reported the result of the building inspection after the evacuation.
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Originally published by Cooperativa in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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