Car bomb explosion on the border between the United States and Canada leaves two dead

The vehicle that exploded today on a bridge over the border between U.S It is Canadaat the height of Niagara Fallsit was a car bomb, CNN and Fox News claim it left at least two people dead.

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The vehicle apparently exploded in a failed attempt to enter U.S in Canada across the bridge Rainbowwhich towers above the famous falls.

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He Niagara Gazette It indicates that there are two dead and a border agent slightly injured.

The information corresponds to the string Fox Newswhich guarantees that the two dead were the occupants of the vehicle.

Also the leader of the Canadian opposition, Pierre Poilievreagreed that there were two dead and that it was “a terrorist attack”.

He Niagara Gazette It indicates that the vehicle was heading towards the border bridge when, instead of slowing down, it accelerated, knocking down a fence that separated the two directions, and it was then that the explosion was felt, but it does not specify that it was a car bomb.

The bridge Rainbow It is now closed in both directions, precisely on a date of great vehicular movement, as tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day.

The Minister of Public Security of the Canada, Dominic LeBlancdescribed the incident as “very serious” -Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was immediately informed-, although there was no official reaction from the US government.

The governor of New York, Kathy Hochulreported on his X account (formerly Twitter) that the state police work together with an FBI anti-terrorism unit “to monitor all points of entry (into) New York.”

Source: Elcomercio

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