A 20-year-old legionnaire injured both hands on Thursday after sustaining an injury Explosion at the Alvarez de Sotomayor military base From Viator (Almeria). This event occurred a few hours after Defense Minister Margarita Robles visited these facilities.
The explosion occurred at around 6:30 pm, when the injured person warned of an explosion, according to sources close to the case. The young man was transferred to Torrecardenas University Hospital in Almeria, where He was admitted to receive treatment for the injuries he sustained. Without exceeding their seriousness at the present time.
Defense sources explained that the accident affected the young man’s hands, and that… In principle, there is no fear for his life. This incident occurred on a day of special institutional importance at the base, as Robles went at 11:00 a.m. to the Alvarez de Sotomayor maneuver command and shooting range, where a serious incident occurred on October 31.
In that incident, soldier Daniel Ruiz Mateo died and his comrade Alejandro Carvajal Povidano was injured. Eyewitnesses indicated that the minister took advantage of her stay in Almeria to… Go to the hospital and visit the latter, Who is still in the hospital recovering from the injuries he sustained about a month ago.
They ask for military work to be recognized as a risky profession
For its part, the Spanish Association of Troops and Sailors (ATME) demanded that military work be recognized as a “risky profession” after the “serious incident.” As the association stated in a statement The accident occurred while developing some practiceswhen the soldier was “allegedly manipulating a pole with a detonation cord,” resulting in serious injuries to both hands.
The association considered that this new incident sheds light on… The “inherent and constant danger” involved in the profession due to daily handling of explosives and weapons. For ATME, the “continuous omission” of this institutional recognition shows “unacceptable abandonment” by the public administration towards those who “risk their lives and suffer permanent injuries in the service of Spain.”