At least 26 people were injured in the explosion near a bullring in Bogota, Colombia. Police officers, who were prepping for anti-bullfighting protests in the country’s capital on Sunday, made up a majority of the victims.
Category: Bogota, Colombia
Bomb explodes by Colombia bull ring, killing 1 policeman
A homemade bomb exploded near Bogota’s bullring on Sunday, killing a police officer and injuring as many as 31 bystanders. The artefact, whose loud explosion shattered windows in nearby apartment buildings, appears to have been left in a sewer outside a new youth hostel popular with foreign backpackers.
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