A truck bomb explosion outside a police base in Colombia has injured 11 officers and killed a police dog, with the government attributing the attack to the nation’s largest remaining rebel group, the National Liberation Army (ELN).
The attack occurred early Saturday in Cucuta, a city on Colombia’s border with Venezuela, a region frequently contested by drug gangs and insurgent groups vying for control of lucrative smuggling routes. Gen. William Rincon, director of Colombia’s police, confirmed the blast originated from a truck parked outside the headquarters for police in Norte de Santander Province.
The pre-dawn detonation caused significant damage to the building’s roofing and shattered its windows.
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