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Car bomb detonates near military base in Colombia

2023-07-23

Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] At least four soldiers were injured in a car bomb explosion near the Naranjitos military base in the Colombian department of Arauca, Rodriguez Benavidez , governor of the Wilington region, said on July 21. A video of his statement was posted on the government's Twitter page.

“A car with explosives that left the municipality of Tame in the direction of San Salvador exploded at the entrance to the Naranjitos military base. As a result, two people who were in the car died, four soldiers receive medical care,” the governor said.

Information about the owner of the car is not yet available, the official added.

According to the Colombian magazine Semana, the terrorists intended to blow up the car on the territory of the military base, but the explosion was staged ahead of time. It is noted that several armed groups are operating in the area where the terrorist attack occurred, with one of them the government has concluded an agreement on a bilateral ceasefire.

As reported by IA Regnum , in April 2022, at least six military personnel were killed in an explosion in the Antioquia department in northwestern Colombia. Five more people were wounded, one of the Colombian soldiers was missing. Authorities suspect a group led by Edwin Roman Velazquez of committing a terrorist attack. It is assumed that his faction "Clan of the Gulf" is engaged in the transport and trafficking of drugs in the department of Antioquia.

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