Explosions rock airport in northeast Colombia: at least 3 dead
by Adriaan Alsema December 14, 2021
At least one explosion killed at least three people on the airport of Colombia’s largest city on the border with Venezuela on Tuesday.
Local media reported two explosions at the international airport of Cucuta, the capital of the Norte de Santander province.
According to Governor Silvano Serrano, two policemen were killed when they tried to stop a man who was trying to enter the air strip.
Authorities are verifying whether this suspect was also killed in the explosion, according to Cucuta newspaper La Opinion.
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by Adriaan Alsema December 15, 2021
Colombia’s defense minister implied that the government of Venezuela was behind a bomb attack on the airport of the largest city on the two neighbors’ border.
Two policemen and a suspected bomber died when two bombs exploded on the Camilo Daza International Airport in the city of Cucuta on Tuesday.
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“Dissidents of the [now-defunct] Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia [FARC] and the National Liberation Army [ELN]… always seek to carry out terrorist attacks that are planned and financed from Venezuela,” said Molano.
The defense minister fell short of directly accusing Venezuela’s authoritarian government of being behind the attack.
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https://colombiareports.com/colombia-claims-venezuela-behind-airport-bomb-attack/
