Lightning strike leaves 19 cadets injured at Cundinamarca military base, reported the Colombian Army

The proposals of the candidates at the gates of the closing of campaigns in Colombia 3:04 (CNN Spanish) — A group of 19 students from a cadet battalion was injured this Thursday after being hit by a “dry lightning” while They were carrying out a tactical exercise on a property of the Tolemaida Military Fort, in Nilo, Cundinamarca, the Colombian Army reported in a statement. The troops were “affected by a natural electrical discharge,” the statement explained, adding that at the time of the incident “it was not raining.” The Army said that the injured “were treated by military health personnel and later transferred to a care center, where at this time they are under medical observation.” No details were given about his condition. The statement also indicated that: “the institution will remain attentive to the evolution of the cadets, and will make all necessary support available to them and their families.”