Truck explodes outside Colombia police base, injuring 11 officers and killing a dog

Colombia’s government on Saturday blamed the nation’s largest remaining rebel group for an explosion outside a police base that injured 11 officers and killed a police dog. The attack took place early Saturday in Cucuta, a city along Colombia’s border with Venezuela, where drug gangs and rebel groups have long fought for the control of smuggling routes. General William Rincon, the director of Colombia’s police, said the blast came from a truck that had been left outside a building that serves...

By Associated Press

Truck explosion outside Colombia police base injures 11 and kills dog: ‘Vile terrorist attack’

The pre-dawn detonation caused significant damage to the building’s roofing and shattered its windows

By Manuel Rueda

Truck explodes outside Colombia police base

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s government on Saturday blamed the nation’s largest remaining rebel group for an explosion outside a police base that injured 11 officers and killed a police dog. The attack took place early Saturday in Cucuta, a city along Colombia’s border with Venezuela, where drug gangs and rebel groups have long fought for the control of smuggling routes. Gen. William Rincon, the director of Colombia’s police, said the blast came from a truck that had been left outside a bu

By The Korea Herald

11 hurt in Colombia truck blast ahead of president's inauguration

A truck packed with explosives detonated outside a police station in the Colombian border city of Cucuta on Saturday, injuring at least 11 people and heightening security concerns...