There’s nothing like it. I have felt earthquakes, lived through a mild volcanic eruption, hurricanes and other natural phenomena, but, until you have felt the rush of air, until your windows have momentarily looked as they were bending, the pressure rattles your core and your building shakes, do you know what it’s like to feel a bomb blast.
Bomb blast at Lourdes CAI
At 4.45pm this Friday afternoon an explosive device was thrown at the police station in Lourdes Park two blocks west of my apartment.
Destroyed windows in front of Lourdes Park
Glass littered the streets, every window from the buildings nearby is shattered. Two people are injured according to news reports, a civilian and a policeman.
Police start to cordon off the area
the damage to nearby buildings is extensive
Glass is strewn everywhere and continues to fall from buildings
There will be all sorts of speculations. A couple of years ago the nearby Caracol radio building was hit by a bomb left in a vehicle.
The Bomb disposal sqaud is on the scene
The authorities have cordoneed off part of my street
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