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World|life|January 18, 2019 / 12:26 PM
Car bomb kills at least 20 at police academy in Bogotá

AKIPRESS.COM - At least 20 people have been killed and more than 50 others injured in a car bombing at a Colombian police academy in Bogotá, recalling the high-profile attacks associated with the bloodiest chapters of the country’s guerrilla and drug conflicts, The Guardianreports. 

The scene outside the General Santander police academy was chaotic after the mid-morning explosion, with ambulances and helicopters rushing to the normally tightly controlled facility.

Witnesses said they heard a loud explosion that destroyed windows in adjacent buildings. Pictures on social media showed a charred vehicle surrounded by debris on the academy’s campus.

Among the dead were a Panamanian and an Ecuadorian national.

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