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Bomb explodes by Colombia bull ring, killing 1 policeman

A homemade bomb exploded near Bogota's bullring on Sunday, killing a police officer and injuring as many as 31 bystanders.

 

The artefact, whose loud explosion shattered windows in nearby apartment buildings, appears to have been left in a sewer outside a new youth hostel popular with foreign backpackers. It was detonated just a few hours before a scheduled bullfight, as police in riot gear were congregating ahead of a demonstration by animal rights activists. Authorities did not give a motive for the blast and said they had no evidence it had anything to do with the resumption of bullfighting at the ring.

 

Last month, police fired tear gas and arrested scores of youth demonstrators to control mobs that physically attacked spectators attending the first bullfight in the capital in four years. But more recent bullfights since have gone off without a hitch and Sunday's spectacle at Bogota's 1930s-era brick bull ring was the last of the two-month season.

 


פרסום ראשון: 02.19.17, 19:47