Ammunition Blast Kills 7 at Army Base
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From Times Wire Reports
An explosion at an army base’s ammunition depot killed seven military personnel and injured about 95 other people, most of them civilians, in Tumbes near Peru’s northern border, officials said.
Government officials said the blast appeared to be an accident in handling the explosives.
The blast at the El Tablazo base “was heard throughout the city; the roofs of buildings close by blew off; windows shattered,” said Carlos Roque, a police advisor. About 370 homes were reported damaged.
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