Military Checkpoint In Colombia's Arauca Attacked With Booby-Trapped Vehicle - Governor
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published July 22, 2023 | 08:20 AM
MEXICO CITY (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 22nd July, 2023) A car packed with explosives has been detonated near the Naranjitos military base in Colombia's Arauca Department, having killed at least two people inside the vehicle and injured four soldiers, Arauca Governor Willington Rodriguez Benavides said Friday.
"A car loaded with explosives ... exploded before reaching the Naranjitos military base. As a result, two occupants of the vehicle were killed and four soldiers were injured ... They are in stable condition," Rodriguez said in a video posted by the Arauca government on Twitter.
Rodriguez added that there was no information about the organizers of the attack.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro tweeted that he instructed the country's ministry of defense to investigate the incident, adding that the government will not tolerate intimidation of the population.
Colombia's northeastern department of Arauca, bordering Venezuela, is one of the most troubled regions in the country, where rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia and the National Liberation Army are fighting for the territory.
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