Tension at the Universidad del Norte over a rumor of an attack

A message published through social networks filled students and officials of the Universidad del Norte in Barranquilla with fear and confusion. The message mentioned that an alleged shooting was going to take place in the morning hours of this Monday, April 18.

“If you consider that you are going to be useful for society, do not go this Monday, on the contrary, if you are part of the rubbish of society, I invite you to participate in the victims that will be that day,” said the trill that circulated in several messaging boxes and which hours later was deleted from Twitter.

The commander of the Metropolitan Police of Barranquilla, General Luis Hernández, spoke about this situation. He denied the messages that tried to cause panic among students: “The University is functioning as normal. We are conducting an internal investigation, we became aware of these alleged threats through social networks, and we are doing a verification to rule out any adverse situation.”

Regarding this situation, the Universidad del Norte issued a statement requesting to stop reproducing the message that alerted students on social networks: “We regret that such situations arise and we hope that the facts will be clarified, so, in a very special way, we recommend refraining from reproducing messages from which the source of information is unknown and which are suggestive, alarming and misinform our community.”

The communiqué also expressed the process carried out by the institution, noting that classes are proceeding normally: “Since the situation was identified, our protocols have been activated to strengthen the measures for admission and stay on campus, we inform the authorities to receive the necessary support in these cases and to this time, classes take place on campus, as normal.”

To conclude, the school indicated that emergency reports can be made If you are on campus: By dialing *911 from any of the red phones located throughout the campus or informing any of the security guards. If you are off campus write to: Email seguridad-fisica@uninorte.edu.co, Dialing the landline 605 3509509 option 0 or on official social media accounts @uninorteco via direct message.

On more news from Barranquilla, the mayor's office published a report reporting that 115,000 cubic meters of sediment has been removed from the pipes of the Atlantic capital.

In recent days, from the Mayor's Office of Barranquilla, a report was presented in which the progress of the comprehensive recovery project of the Caños System of the District of Barranquilla was presented.

According to the data of the municipal administration, during the last eight months about 115,000 cubic meters of sediment have been removed from the Mercado pipes, near the Barranquillita sector; Tramposo, which surrounds the La Bendición de Dios sector; Las Compañias, in front of the Barlovento neighborhood, and Caño C, which emerges from Las Compañías and connects with La Loma.

The director of Barranquilla Verde, Henry Cáceres, pondered that this has been “a process that has been advanced with the community, in which we have worked to recover them. This will allow us to move forward not as bodies of water, but as channels, to connect our boardwalk, all the projects that are in the center of the city, but we are not just going to stay in maintenance and cleaning.”

The Mayor's Office also clarified that this comprehensive intervention is aimed at developing cross-cutting actions in environmental education, citizen awareness, communication, as well as actions for the prevention and restoration of the water bodies that make up the system, related to physical, environmental, chemical and landscape of the ecosystem services they provide, and the recovery of their water supply.

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