In a morning that promised calm, The Alto Bosque de Cartagena neighborhood became a tension field And alarm when, at 7:30 this Sunday, May 4, a patrol of the National Police was injured during an armed confrontation with alleged hitmen.
The uniformed, who was dressed as a civilian and was traveling on a motorcycle, was approached by two men also on a motorcycle.
The patrol, who carried her gun, managed to repel the attack and managed to hurt one of the alleged aggressors, while she herself was hit by a bullet in her left leg, at the height of the ankle. Two more projectiles failed to reach it.
Despite the wound, the agent requested immediate support through her cell phone. The rapid reaction of units of the Metropolitan Police of Cartagena and the Sijin allowed to implement a ‘padlock plan’ in the area, which concluded with the immobilization of the injured suspect and its transfer to a medical center.
Cartagena Historic Center. Photo:John Montaño / The Time
The patrol was also taken into ambulance to a clinic, where it receives medical attention and recovers under surveillance.
The Police issued a statement by pointing out that progress is made in the consolidation of judicial information and in the taking of statements to witnesses.
It is not ruled out that this attack It can be linked to the series of attacks that have recently affected the public force in various regions of the country.
Cartagena has not been oblivious to this escalation of violence: in recent weeks, Three uniformed have been killed in attacks in Pasacaballos and Lebanon; two others in the municipality of Simití, south of Bolívar.
While the investigations advance, the high forest event adds to a worrying chain of violent events that highlights the risk to which members of the public force are exposed, even when they are out of service.
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