Colombia police station bombed wounding 14 people
Colombia’s government has blamed rebel groups for a truck bomb that wounded 14 people near the border with Venezuela. The attack came less than a week before President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella is due to take office. He has said he plans to end the current administration’s peace negotiations with various armed groups. Morgan Ayre reports.
A truck bomb exploded near a Colombian police station in the northern city of Cucuta, wounding 14 people. The incident occurred just days before president-elect Abelardo de la Espriella is due to take office.
The Colombian government has blamed the National Liberation Army (ELN), the country's largest active guerrilla group, for the attack, according to the South China Morning Post.
The blast happened near the Venezuelan border. Eleven police were among those wounded.
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