At least five people lost their lives on Thursday and dozens of others suffered injuries in the explosion of a bomb on a busy street in Cali, Colombia, The authorities mentioned the local authorities. TASR informs according to AFP report.
- The bomb explosion in Cali caused five deaths and injuries.
- The aim of the attack was a military air school of the city.
- Mayor Cali introduced preventive measures against further attacks.
- The tension between armed groups contributes to the escalation of violence.
According to the police, a vehicle with an explosive exploded on the spot and the aim of the attack was a military air school March Fidel Suáreza in the north of this third largest Colombian city. According to AFP, this is a new challenge for a fragile peace process in the country before the elections in 2026.
“There was a deafening sound of some explosion near the air base,” He told this French agency a 65-year-old eyewitness Hector Fabio Bolos. Several buildings and the military school itself evacuated. Mayor Cali Alejandro Eder said that According to preliminary reports, at least five people died and another 36 suffered injuries. For concerns about the continuation of the attacks, he also announced a ban on entering large trucks into the city and offered a $ 10,000 reward in exchange for any information about the attack.
So far, it has not been immediately known who is responsible for the attack, but the local governor Dilian Francisc Tor said it as “terrorist”. “Terrorism won’t beat us,” declared.
In June, the left -wing insurgents applied for responsibility for a wave of bomb and shooting attacks in Cali and its surroundings, where seven people were killed. The Central General Staff (EMC) group rejected the 2016 Peace Agreement and intensified its operations before the next year’s presidential election.
For a seemingly unrelated separate attack, on Thursday, the struggles between gerila and police in the northwest of the country also lost their lives of another eight people. Police officers destroyed the crop crop near Medellin, writes AFP.
According to President Gustav Petr, a police helicopter was probably shot down by members of the former left -wing geril organization revolutionary armed forces of Colombia (FARC). Many of the Colombian armed groups – once based on left -wing or right -wing ideologies – are funded from lucrative cocaine trade, the agency recalls. The attacks are putting pressure on the government of President Gustav Peter, whose conciliatory approach to armed groups faces allegations of violence.
