Bogotá blast blamed on one-armed bomb expert linked to rebel group
by Reuters in Bogotá from World news | The Guardian on (#478XZ)
- Josi(C) Aldemar Rojas of ELN also died in Colombia car bombing
- Explosion at police academy left 21 dead and 70 wounded
Colombian authorities said a one-armed explosives expert belonging to the country's last remaining rebel group carried out a car bombing against a police academy that left 21 dead and more than 70 wounded.
The chief prosecutor, Ni(C)stor Martinez, said at a press conference on Friday that the man who carried out Thursday's brazen attack, the deadliest in 15 years, was a longtime member of the National Liberation Army, or ELN.
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