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Chilean Ambassador to Colombia Attacked, Foreign Minister Says

© REUTERS / LUISA GONZALEZA military police officer wearing a face mask patrols a street during the government-mandated quarantine to lower the rates of contagion from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Bogota, Colombia July 27, 2020.
A military police officer wearing a face mask patrols a street during the government-mandated quarantine to lower the rates of contagion from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Bogota, Colombia July 27, 2020. - Sputnik International
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SANTIAGO(Sputnik) - Chilean Ambassador to Colombia Ricardo Hernandez has been attacked, Chilean Foreign Minister Andres Allamand said.

The incident occurred on Tuesday as Hernandez was heading from his home to the embassy in Bogota.

"I contacted the Ambassador to Colombia, Ricardo Hernandez, who was attacked yesterday", the foreign minister wrote on Twitter.

He thanked a member of the ambassador's security service who repelled the attack.

The Colombian authorities are investigating the circumstances of the attack.

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