Colombia investigating after car bomb injures 36 at military base
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The defence ministry says two men drove a Toyota truck onto a military base in the city of Cucuta, near the border with Venezuela.
The Colombian government is investigating after car bomb explosions at a military base near the country’s border with Venezuela injured 36 people. Two explosions took place on Tuesday at a base used by the 30th Army Brigade in the northeastern city of Cucuta, the defence ministry said, after two men drove a white Toyota truck onto the site after passing themselves off as officials. “We reject and repudiate this vile and terrorist act which sought to attack the soldiers of Colombia,” said Defence Minister Diego Molano, adding that three people suffered serious injuries.
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