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Bogota hit by fatal bomb attack

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Colombian president says former interior minister was target of attack in crowded street

The Colombian president, Juan Manuel Santos, says two people have been killed in a bomb attack on a crowded Bogota street that he says targeted a former interior minister.

Santos said the former minister, Fernando Londono, was hurt but out of danger.

He said in a brief televised declaration that the driver and a police escort of Londono had been killed in the bombing, which occurred just before midday on Tuesday in the heart of Bogota's commercial district at Calle 74 and Caracas Avenue.

The city's health director, Guillermo Jaramillo, told Caracol radio that at least 19 people had been hurt.

Television images from scene in showed a badly damaged SUV and other vehicles surrounding it less damaged.

The video shows several people lying on the street being treated.


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