Santiago del Cile - A bomb explodes at a bank near the Hotel Marriott

source: Fondazione Roscigna, 03.10.09
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A bomb exploded this afternoon just before 14.00 outside the BCI bank by the Hotel Marriott, in
Kennedy Avenue in the comune of Las Condes, in Santiago del Cile.
A hotel guard was wounded and there was damage to the bank windows from the explosion.
The guard had light injuries and was taken to
Hospital del Trabajador.
A few minutes before the explosion the guard had found a suspicious briefcase in a bathroom of the Hotel Marriott and taken it outside. At that moment the bomb exploded, outside the BCI bank.
The hotel employees had managed to inform the police but the bomb disposal unit were unable to disactivate the device.
The public attorney investigating a number of explosive attacks in the area went to the scene to begin investigations.