Bomb blast in Colombian capital targets ex-minister, kills 2

From: PressTV.com

A bomb targeting a former Colombian interior minister has killed at least two people and injured dozens of others in a busy commercial district of the capital, Bogota.

“We condemn this attack … this government will not be thrown off course by these terrorist attacks. We will stay the course and carry out all the investigations needed to find the culprits,” Colombian center-right President Juan Manuel Santos said on Tuesday right after the deadly blast.

“This was an attack against former minister Fernando Londono. Unfortunately his driver and a police officer have died,” he added, saying the victims were accompanying the minister following a protection program.

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Injured people, with blood on their faces, walk at the scene of an explosion in a central avenue in Bogota May 15, 2012. A bomb attack in a commercial district of Colombias capital Bogota killed two people on Tuesday and injured a former interior minister who was the target, President Juan Manuel Santos said. REUTERS/Fredy Builes

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