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Several killed in Colombia highway bomb attack ahead of presidential election

At least 14 people were killed and 38 injured in a highway bomb attack in southwest Colombia that the authorities blamed on the dissidents of the former FARC guerrilla army. The attack came amid a spate of violence across the country ahead of next...

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Several killed in Colombia highway bomb attack ahead of presidential election
Source: France 24
At least 14 people were killed and 38 injured in a highway bomb attack in southwest Colombia that the authorities blamed on the dissidents of the former FARC guerrilla army. The attack came amid a spate of violence across the country ahead of next month's presidential election.

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