Three injured in “suspicious package” blast at Buenos Aires police school

• Three officers, including a former school principal, were injured on Friday when a package stored for several months exploded upon being opened at the Gendarmerie Higher School in Buenos Aires.
• Located just 800 meters from government headquarters, the blast prompted a bomb squad deployment, evacuations, and the hospitalization of two victims, though none are in life-threatening condition.

Three officers were injured Friday when a suspicious package exploded at a police school in the Argentine capital, the Ministry of National Security said.

Two of the injured were hospitalized but their lives were not in danger after the blast at the Gendarmerie Higher School in Buenos Aires, the ministry said in a statement.

"Members of the force were handling a package that had reportedly been received months ago and was being stored at the facility. Upon opening it, an explosion occurred," the statement said.

The building where the explosion occurred lies about 800 meters from the government headquarters.

Police closed the area to traffic and evacuated several buildings on the same block. Bomb squad officers were deployed.

According to the newspaper La Nacion, the package was addressed to a former school principal, who was among those injured.

The Argentine National Gendarmerie is a federal security force that operates at borders, strategic locations, and for internal security.