The dog that bothers with bombs loses his leg in the explosion, acclaimed as a hero for saving dozens of lives in Colombia

A military dog is being acclaimed as a hero in Colombia after detecting a pump planted by guerrillas that exploded during a military operation, authorities said, added that the actions of the canine wounds saved the lives of dozens of soldiers and civilians. The incident was announced only two days after a bomb tied to a donkey exploded in the same area, killing a soldier and wounding two others.

The anti-explosive canine, called Sanson, was helping troops to carry out a recognition operation in Antioquia, a mountainous region in the northwest of Colombia, when the bomb exploded, the army said Friday in a position on social networks. The authorities said the bomb had been planted in a “path used by the community” by the National Liberation Army, known for its Spanish acronym Eln.

With one of his legs shattered by the explosion, Sanson was able to crawl to his handler, soldier Carlos Eduardo Beleño, authorities said.

“Our #fourlegedhero lost one of its limbs, but saved the lives of 36 soldiers and hundreds of residents of the village of the line in Yondó #antioquia, which pass through this area daily,” said the Second Division of the National Army in a separate social media post.

The authorities said Sanson is now recovering after surgery, and his leg had to be amputated. A video posted by the army shows the dog treated for their wounds after the explosion and then examined in an animal hospital.

“It can no longer serve, but its legacy will live in each soldier who protected bravely,” said the army.

The Colombian army blamed the explosion to Eln, a group of approximately 6,000 combatants fighting the Colombian government. Peace conversations with the group, which the United States has designated as a foreign terrorist organization, were suspended in January, when the Eln was blamed For dozens of deaths in raids near the border with Venezuela.

The authorities said that the attack aimed at the soldiers violated international humanitarian law and put at risk the “entire civilian population.”

The news of the explosion occurred a few days after a bomb attached to a donkey He exploded in the same region of Colombia, killing a soldier and wounding two others. Eln was also blamed for that attack.

Earlier this month in Italy, a Heroic sniffer dog who helped find nine missing people during his career was killed by food with nail, causing national outrage and a police investigation.

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