Colombian Marine reportedly shot three other soldiers and then committed suicide

EFE

21:10

“In the facilities of the Military Naval Police Battalion No. 11, located on the Island of San Andrés, allegedly, a marine activated a weapon causing the death of three of his companions and wounds in an Army soldier. Subsequently, apparently, he ended his own life,” the Navy said in a statement.

At least four Colombian marines died Saturday in a shootout in a battalion on the Caribbean island of San Andres in which, apparently, one of the uniformed shot the other three and then committed suicide, military sources reported. In the facilities of the Military Naval Police Battalion No. 11, located on the Island of San Andrés, an infantryman allegedly activated a weapon causing the death of three of his companions and wounding an Army soldier. Subsequently, apparently, he ended his own life,” the Navy said in a statement. The information added that the wounded soldier is recovering in a medical center on the island, located in the archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina, and that the bodies of the four deceased will be transferred to their cities of origin. We are deeply pained by what happened inside the facilities of the Colombian Navy command on the island of San Andrés, where 4 heroes lost their lives,” Colombian President Iván Duque wrote on Twitter.He added: “To the families we express our solidarity and commitment to quickly clarify this unfortunate fact.” The Colombian Military Forces will accompany the families of the deceased and support the investigations of the competent authorities to clarify what happened.

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