Colombia - Bomb attack on ex-minister turned journalist, wait for French journalist's release continues

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders unreservedly condemns yesterday's targeted bomb attack on the car of Fernando Londoño Hoyos, a hardline former interior minister who is now Radio Súper's programme director and a columnist for various newspapers. Londoño survived the attack on busy Bogotá street, but his driver and bodyguard were killed and 39 others were injured. It is not yet known who was behind the bombing, which came during the continuing wait for the release of French journalist Roméo Langlois, (...)

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