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Car bomb explosion kills at least four in Bogota
Bogota (Colombia), Oct 08: A car bomb exploded in central Bogota today, killing at least four people, police said.
Bogota (Colombia), Oct 08: A car bomb exploded in central Bogota today, killing at least four people, police said.
The explosion was in a commercial area filled with electronic, clothing and liquor stores.
Two of those killed were police officers, Police Gen. Luis Alfredo Rodriguez said. At least seven people were injured.
Leftist rebels fighting in Colombia's 39-year-old civil war have increasingly been bringing the war to the nation's cities. In February, members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, bombed an exclusive social club in the capital, killing 36 people and injuring 160 others. The FARC was also blamed for an attack on a nightclub in the city of Florencia in late September that killed 12 people and injured dozens of others. Colombia's war pits the rebels against the government and a Right-wing paramilitary group. About 3,500 people, mostly civilians, die in the conflict each year. Bureau Report
Two of those killed were police officers, Police Gen. Luis Alfredo Rodriguez said. At least seven people were injured.
Leftist rebels fighting in Colombia's 39-year-old civil war have increasingly been bringing the war to the nation's cities. In February, members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, bombed an exclusive social club in the capital, killing 36 people and injuring 160 others. The FARC was also blamed for an attack on a nightclub in the city of Florencia in late September that killed 12 people and injured dozens of others. Colombia's war pits the rebels against the government and a Right-wing paramilitary group. About 3,500 people, mostly civilians, die in the conflict each year. Bureau Report