The Command of the Third Division of the National Army announced that an artillery exercise that left five soldiers injured, took place at the facilities of the Instruction, Training and Retraining Battalion No. 29, Twenty-ninth Brigade (Biter 29), in the Cauca.
The incident occurred in the municipality of Patía, Cauca, while soldiers were conducting a shooting training exercise and testing of artillery systems, in which a failure would have occurred when firing a grenade.
In context: Four soldiers were injured in an artillery exercise in Cauca
At the same time, the Command maintained that “the corresponding internal investigation will be initiated, in order to clarify the situation presented and take the actions that correspond by law.”
As it became known, the failure occurred exactly in a 155mm Howitzer artillery piece, when during a training shooting exercise and test of the artillery system, when the first grenade was fired, the piece failed, which caused an explosion in the weapons.
At the moment, an inspection commission sent by the Army Command is on the move National, with a team of experts, who will verify the processes and procedures carried out in this exercise.
According to the institution, In this incident, three soldiers were injured and two were injured, one due to shrapnel in the ankle and the other due to stunning, who were transferred to the El Bordo Patía hospital in Cauca.where they are being treated and according to the preliminary medical report they do not have serious injuries.
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Finally, they made an extensive call “for support to the families of our men who were compromised, and we continue to provide all the support during their medical evolution and whatever they require.”
