Car Bomb Explosion Kills 7 In
Colombian Port City
BOGOTA - At least seven people were killed
and 50 others injured Wednesday when a car
bomb exploded in the port city of
Buenaventura in southwestern Colombia.
The explosion occurred at 9:45 a.m. local
time (1445 GMT) in downtown Buenaventura,
just 20 meters away from the mayor's office,
and caused huge damage to nearby buildings,
police said.
The car bomb was detonated when a police
vehicle passed by, immediately killing one
policeman. The other victims included
pedestrians and vendors.
Onlookers watch as a policeman stands near
the scene of a car bomb in
Buenaventura March 24, 2010. A car bomb
exploded in the Colombian
port town of Buenaventura on Wednesday,
killing at least 7 people and
wounding 50, the military said.
Calling the terrorist attack "a massacre,"
Colombian Defense Minister Gabriel Silva
said police had found some clues to the
attack and offered a reward of 150,000 U.S.
dollars for anyone who captured the
terrorists.
Colombia's General Prosecutor Guillermo
Mendoza said that "it gives an impression
that it was a revenge against the Police and
the Prosecutor's Office, but we cannot
affirm anything."
Meanwhile, Commander of the Military Forces
Freddy Padilla said it was a "terrorist"
attack, which was related to the rebel
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
Policemen
and soldiers inspect the scene of a car bomb
attack in
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