Bomb blast at Colombia police station
AP | HT Correspondent, Bogota
Dec 31, 2011 02:01 PM IST
A bomb has exploded at a police station in southern Colombia, and two people are reported killed.
A bomb has exploded at a police station in southern Colombia, and two people are reported killed.
The blast occurred last night at the police station in the town of Orito.
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Town official Rosa Ortega says there were reports that two people were killed, including the wife of a police captain and a boy. She says the number of dead and injured has not yet been confirmed.
The Colombian radio station Caracol reported 2 killed and 17 injured in the blast.
RCN radio reported that a person had thrown a package into the station and had fled. RCN reported that most of the injured were police.
The town is located in a region where rebels and drug traffickers maintain a presence.
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