Not less than 4 useless in Colombia assaults, native media reviews

Not less than 4 individuals have died in a wave of bomb and gun assaults in south-western Colombia, in line with native media reviews.

Two cops had been mentioned to be amongst these killed within the assaults, which focused Cali, the nation’s third-largest metropolis, and several other close by cities.

Automobile bombs, motorbike bombs, rifle hearth and a suspected drone had been reportedly used to strike police stations, municipal buildings and civilian targets as an escalating safety disaster grips the South American nation.

Native media have linked a number of the assaults to a faction of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), a once-powerful guerrilla group. The BBC has not been in a position to independently confirm this.

A number of individuals have been injured within the assaults, though the exact variety of casualties just isn’t but clear.

The assaults got here days after the tried assassination of presidential candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay within the capital metropolis, Bogota, whereas he addressed supporters.

The mayor of the area’s greatest metropolis, Cali, mentioned the town had returned to 1989, when it was rife with medicine commerce and cartel violence.