9 Dead, Over 50 Injured in Car Bomb Explosion in Colombian Police School

A car bomb has been detonated at a police academy in Bogota, leaving several people dead and injured, Colombian police reported on Thursday.

At least nine people have been killed and 54 were injured on Thursday by a car bomb that went off in a police school in the Colombian capital of Bogota, AP news agency reported citing police.

This comes after Penalosa said earlier that five people died and ten other people were injured.

According to the Heraldo media outlet, the explosion took place early in the morning before the start of graduation ceremony and left 10 people injured.

Earlier, witnesses cited by the AP news agency said they heard a loud explosion which shattered windows in buildings in close proximity to the General Santander police academy.

Reacting to the reports, Colombian President Iván Dugue Márquez wrote on Twitter that he immediately returned to Bogota and was going to the scene. Previously, the president had plans to hold a meeting of the Security Council in the department of Choco on Thursday.

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