COLOMBIA: Car bomb at police academy kills 9
A large explosion has killed at least nine people in the Colombian capital, Bogotá, the country’s defence ministry says. The blast happened outside a school for police cadets in the south of the city. Fifty-four people were reportedly injured in the blast which happened at 14:30 GMT. Images show a charred vehicle in front of […]
Police and security personnel work at the scene where a car bomb exploded, according to authorities, in Bogota, Colombia January 17, 2019. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez
A large explosion has killed at least nine people in the Colombian capital, Bogotá, the country’s defence ministry says.
The blast happened outside a school for police cadets in the south of the city.
Fifty-four people were reportedly injured in the blast which happened at 14:30 GMT.
Images show a charred vehicle in front of the General Santander school, which is located in a working-class area of Bogotá.
Witnesses say a car entered the school compound and when it was stopped by guards at a checkpoint the driver accelerated and hit a wall, at which point the car exploded.