Moments of fright were experienced in recent hours in Loja after an attack with a car bomb and a shooting were reported.
At midnight on Saturday, January 14, residents of the Daniel Álvarez citadel, in the southwest of the city, experienced moments of anguish when they heard a noise.
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“I live here in the Unión Lojana citadel, in front of the juvenile correctional facility, we were already sleeping and when there was a very strong explosion, because I thought that a car came and crashed and went to the garage on top of a police car. my house. That was minutes before 12 at night,” said Piedad Reyes, a resident of the place.
Uniformed officers indicated that they recorded the explosion of a device placed in a silver-colored car-type vehicle, whose owner would be a prison guide, who lived by renting an apartment in the sector.
“We found out that they had put a bomb in the car of a tenant, of a boy who works in the jail as a guide,” explained Elsa, another resident of the place.
The agents collected evidence and details that allow them to find the perpetrators of the criminal act.
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As a result of the explosion, there were several damages to the windows of neighboring houses.
The event occurred a few hours after a shooting was also reported in the Tierras Coloradas sector, in which three people were involved who were arrested and taken injured to health homes.
According to the first investigations and unofficial sources, it would be a dispute between gangs over territories where they sell drugs. (YO)
Source: Eluniverso
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