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"The general feeling was that it was a quiet and very safe area. When you're at a checkpoint, you're in a daily routine of controlling the lives of other people. Who enters and who doesn't is in your hands - a 19-year-old kid with power."They would get agitated and taunt the Palestinians, denying entry or exit to those who said the "wrong" thing, or cuffing one to a barrier for having incorrect documentation. Looking for amusement, his unit handwrote bogus VIP permits for the Palestinians who crossed regularly. They were legally meaningless but added some fun to the long hours in the sun.
A truck rigged with explosives detonated outside a police station. The blast happened in Santander de Quilichao, a town some 500km from the nation's capital, Bogota. Three police officers were killed and seven more wounded.UPDATE: Sputnik, 23/11/2019: Protesters rally at president's house
WARNING: GRAPHIC VIDEO shows injured men wearing police uniforms being wheeled into hospital.
The explosion apparently was powerful enough to reduce a nearby building to rubble.
Inside the police station shows the building's interior devastated by the blast.
"There were two explosions that were felt throughout the city, immediately the power went out and everything went dark... only the ambulances rushed towards the hospital."
Duque has authorized the use of emergency means for ensuring order during the protests, banning the possession of firearms and prohibiting the consumption and sale of alcohol. The incumbent government has taken what it describes as preemptive measures.See also:
Rather than quell the unrest, the curfew was defied by hundreds of protesters who gathered in front of Duque's house on Friday night.

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