COLOMBIA TRUCK BOMB NEAR POLICE STATION WOUNDS 14 AHEAD OF PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION

A truck bomb exploded on Saturday near a Colombian police station not far from the Venezuelan border, wounding 14 people just days before president-elect Abelardo de la Espriella takes office. The government in Bogota blamed rebels from the National Liberation Army (ELN), the country’s largest active guerrilla group, for the early-morning blast in the northern city of Cucuta.

News - South China Morning Post reports that a truck bomb exploded on Saturday near a Colombian police station not far from the Venezuelan border, wounding 14 people just days before president-elect Abelardo de la Espriella takes office.

The report adds: The government in Bogota blamed rebels from the National Liberation Army (ELN), the country’s largest active guerrilla group, for the early-morning blast in the northern city of Cucuta.

Eleven police officers and three civilians were hurt in the incident, according to the latest official toll.

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