- Title: COLOMBIA: HOMEMADE BOMBS EXPLODE NEAR MILITARY ACADEMY IN BOGATA.
- Date: 21st February 2001
- Summary: BOGOTA, COLOMBIA (FEBRUARY 20, 2001) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. GV: SOLDIERS ON STREET OUTSIDE MILITARY SCHOOL 0.06 2. GV/PAN: CIVILIANS RUNNING 0.10 3. GV: ANTI-EXPLOSIVES POLICE DEACTIVATING BOMB 0.17 4. GV: AMBULANCES 0.21 5. MV: INJURED PERSON IN AMBULANCE 0.28 6. GV: SOLDIERS ON SITE 0.37 7. MCU: SOUNDBIT
- Embargoed: 8th March 2001 12:00
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- Location: BOGOTA, COLOMBIA
- Country: Colombia
- Reuters ID: LVA5E96K747OLCUIZX7UM22H34NN
- Story Text: Three homemade bombs have exploded against the walls of
a military academy in the Colombian capital of Bogota,
injuring six civilians.
Authorities said the bombs, made out of gas canisters,
were launched from two pickup trucks some 600 feet (200
metres) from the Officers Military School in northern Bogota
district.
Authorities said three other bombs were also hurled at the
academy in the night attack, but did not explode.
The explosions damaged the walls of the academy and a
nearby bank. The six people injured, all passers-by, were
taken to nearby hospitals with minor injuries.
One local resident, William Gamez, appealed to armed
groups to consider ordinary people when attacks of this kind
are carried out.
"We should have the members of the FARC and those that
affect the population to please be aware of the harm they
cause, because we are the ones in the middle of the conflict,"
he said.
None of the armed groups involved in Colombia's 37-year
war immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.
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