Bomb Explodes Near Colombia Bullring, Injuring Dozens of Officers<br />19, 2017<br />BOGOTÁ, Colombia — A homemade bomb exploded near a bullring in Bogotá on Sunday, injuring<br />two dozen police officers and two civilians, the Colombian authorities said.<br />Some local news organizations speculated that the bomb might have been placed by members of the National Liberation Army,<br />the country’s second-largest rebel movement, which has carried out small attacks on police targets in recent weeks.<br />" Juan David Gonzalez, an owner of the hostel, El Pit, said<br />that his two dozen guests were shaken by the blast, but that none were injured. that We are going to do all that’s necessary to capture them.<br />Last month, the police fired tear gas and arrested dozens of young demonstrators as<br />mobs attacked spectators attending the first bullfight in the city in four years.<br />An official police statement said that 26 people had suffered shrapnel and blast injuries, all but two of them officers.<br />It was detonated just a few hours before a scheduled bullfight, as police officers<br />in riot gear were gathering ahead of a demonstration by animal rights activists.<br />A video of the explosion that was broadcast on local television shows a cloud of debris knocking down a phone cabling box<br />and quickly engulfing a busy street corner as cars and pedestrians pass.
