Car bomb explosion at Colombia army base injures 36

A automobile bomb explosion at a army base within the Colombian border metropolis of Cucuta injured 36 folks on Tuesday, the protection minister stated, casting blame for the assault on leftist rebels.
The explosion came about at a base utilized by the thirtieth Army Brigade within the northeastern metropolis close to the border with Venezuela.
“We reject and repudiate this vile and terrorist act which sought to attack the soldiers of Colombia,” Defence Minister Diego Molano advised journalists.
“Thirty-six people were injured. Three of them with a degree of gravity.”

One of the injured has had surgical procedure, Molano stated, and 29 are hospitalized.
Two males drove a white Toyota truck into the bottom after passing themselves off as officers, he stated, including there have been two explosions.
Despite a 2016 peace cope with Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebels, Colombia’s army continues to battle National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrillas, crime gangs and former FARC members who reject the accord.
The ELN, FARC dissidents and crime gangs are all current in sometimes-restive Norte de Santander province, the place the thirtieth Brigade operates.
“The initial hypothesis is that the ELN are behind this demential and vile act,” Molano stated.
“Also being investigated is the involvement of FARC dissidents.”

The harm toll may have been increased however most personnel have been in preventative isolation due to coronavirus, a high-ranking official advised Reuters earlier on Tuesday.
Photos and video circulating on social media confirmed a destroyed white car in flames.President Ivan Duque stated on Twitter he would journey to Cucuta to fulfill with army leaders and native authorities.
Social media movies confirmed what seemed to be US army personnel on the bottom after the assault.
Dozens of US advisors are stationed in Colombia, however the US army’s Southern Command didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.

The authorities blamed FARC dissidents for a automobile bomb assault in March in Cauca province which injured greater than 40 folks.
A 2019 ELN automobile bomb assault at Bogota’s police academy killed 22 folks and ended nascent peace talks between the group and the federal government.