By Xinhua
Santiago : The Chilean police defused a time bomb Sunday after receiving an anonymous call which reported the bomb near a military church in the capital city.
The call was received around 11 a.m. local time. A special-action police unit then rushed to the military church in Providencia District and evacuated the people in and around the church.
After a close examination around the site, the police finally found the time bomb and successfully removed the fuse from it in time.
The authorities said the bomb, composed of an explosive-loaded extinguisher and a timer, could be strongly destructive.
A bomb exploded at a bank in the Chilean capital Wednesday, the second attack in 10 days, and the authorities blamed the attack on anarchists, who hold protests at this time every year.