IED

IED event in Metropolitana, Santiago area, Chile on Thu 27th February 2020

27th February 2020

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On 27 February 2020, in Vitacura, Metropolitan region an unidentified armed group set and exploded two improvised explosives in a local coffee shop. The devices were activated with half an hour of difference to injure police officers that were present in the area after the first explosion. The anarchist group Revolutionary Armed Similarities (Afinidades Armadas en Revuelta) claimed responsibility for the explosion. No information on fatalities or injuries was reported/shared by the source.

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