Chilean government signals possible existence of other IED cells as Santiago bombing investigation focuses on city outskirts

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Rodrigo Peñailillo, Chile's Minister of the Interior, said on 20 September that he did not rule out the existence of more groups similar to the one that detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) in a Santiago metro station on 8 September injuring 14 people.

Chilean police close Alameda Avenue in Santiago in front of Catholic University on 10 September after a suspicious package was reported. A series of bomb scares have occurred in Santiago in recent weeks. (PA)

Peñailillo was speaking as the investigation into the 8 September bombings continues: on 18 September, three suspects were arrested by the security forces in the southern city district of La Pintana, one of Santiago's poorest areas. Police investigators said after those arrests that they had found chemical residues linking the domicile in La Pintana with the bomb in Los Dominicos metro in Santiago's upscale Las Condes district.

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