At least 21 dead in car bomb attack on Bogota police academy
Colombia’ s government declared three days of
mourning Thursday after at least 21 people died in a car bomb at a Bogota
police cadet training academy, and 68 were wounded, the worst such incident in
the city in 16 years, France 24 reported.
“Unfortunately, the preliminary toll is 21 people
dead, including the person responsible for the incident, and 68 wounded,”
Colombian police said in a statement, adding 58 of those injured had been
discharged from hospital.
The defense ministry had previously reported 11 dead
and 65 injured.
“All Colombians reject terrorism and we’re united in
fighting it,” Colombian President Ivan Duque tweeted in the aftermath.
Later in a statement to the nation, he said he had
ordered reinforcements to Colombia’s borders and routes in and out of cities.
“I have also requested that priority be given to all
the investigations ... to identify the masterminds of this terrorist attack and
their accomplices,” he said.
