Colombia - Caracol Radio car-bomb bodes ill five days after new president's installation

Reporters without borders

A car bomb exploded at around 5:30 this morning outside the Bogotá building that houses Caracol Radio, one of Colombia's leading radio stations, and the bureau of the Spanish news agency EFE, causing the roof to collapse and inflicting minor injuries on nine people. The radio station had been broadcasting a news programme for 30 minutes when the bomb went off. Caracol Radio manager Darío Arizmendi covered the aftermath of the bombing live on the air until evacuated by police. He called it an (...)

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