Colombia detonated a car: dozens of dead

At least 20 people died as a result of a car bomb attack in the Colombian capital of Bogotá.

A few dozen others were injured.

A driver of the car, a 57-year-old man, was also killed.

Colombian President John Dooke described the crime as a "crazy terrorist act" and announced three days of national mourning.

What do we know about the explosion?

Gray Nissan Car A patrol went to the Police Academy of General Santander, where took place the graduation ceremony

When the car was stopped by the guards at the point control, the driver overtook the car and fell into the wall, after which the car burst.

As a result of the explosion, ikna neighboring apartments and houses.

"[19459267]" [19459267] horrible, terrible, it would seem to be the end of the world, "said Rosalba Jimenez, 62, who had then opened her shop near the academy, reported At the agency AFP.

At least 68 people were injured, but the majority

One of the dead, an Ecuadorian woman, said the President of Ecuador, Lenin Moreno

The vehicle was carrying 80 kg of a powerful explosion – a pentolite previously used by Colombian rebel groups, "said the Attorney General of Colombia, Nestor Umberto Martinez.

He claimed that a car had been killed in an explosion – Jose Aldemar Rojas Rodriguez, 57 years old

The suspect had no criminal record and lived in the northern department of Colombia, Boyac, where there still exists a group of 39, insurrection, the National Liberation Army (ELN), according to the Colombian newspaper El Tiempo.

Correspondents claim that there is currently no sign of torture.

fear returns to Bogoty

Boris Miranda, correspondent BBC Mundo in Colombia Boris Miranda, correspondent BBC Mundo in Colombia

The 39 explosion of a car with an explosive of such power is a something that is long lacking in Bogoty

The concern is caused by the fact that it has occurred at the police academy, an institution that has been the victim of numerous attacks during a war with drug cartels and an armed conflict with the rebels of the Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) and the National Liberation Army.

Columbia and the authorities and leaders condemned "the terrorist attack" and said they fear the "bombs return".

It should be noted that in Colombia in recent years, the number of attacks and murders has dropped significantly, but what happened today shows that "[19659025Whatwasthereaction?

The parents of the students who study at the school gathered outside the academy door to find out more.

President John Dooke, who was in the west of the country at the time it was located, the explosion returned to the capital and went to the scene of the terrorist attack

" It is an attack against the public TSS, – he said. "Colombians have never been inferior to terrorism, we have always won." It will not be an exception. "

Authorities are now investigating the person responsible for the terrorist attack

The blast has sentenced Colombian politicians, especially former presidents Juan Manuel Santos and Alvaro Uribe.

Did the civil war end in Colombia? Unusual in the conflict between the Colombian government and the rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) left that began in 1964.

However, local media say that there is no had such attacks in the last nine years.

The FARC insurgents signed a Government Peace Agreement in November 2016 and the group has since become a political party of the same name. The leader of the party, Pastor Alapa, condemned the attack on Twitter cadets of the academy.

He called it "provocation against a political exit from the conflict". He also noted that the attack had been used to ruin the chances of a peace agreement between the government and the ELN rebels.

Peace talks between ELN and the former government of President Manuel Santos were deadlocked, and the new president, Ivan Douke, elected in 2018 reinstated the negotiations.

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