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.