Grenade attack injures 12 in southern Colombia
Local police say 12 people, including children and a pregnant woman, were injured by the explosion...
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Grenade kills ‘drug dealer’, injures mother, sister
A 35-year-old man died Sunday in central Colombia when a grenade he was carrying exploded during a confrontation with rival drug dealers. The victim, named by police as Darwin Andres Moncada, alias “Relujo,” was reportedly shot...
Southwest Colombia grenade attack kills 4
Four people were killed and one seriously injured Monday when a group of hooded men threw grenades and fired guns in a town in the southwest of Colombia. The attack took place during Monday’s national holiday, on the banks...
‘FARC’ grenade explodes in mall in central Colombia
A grenade allegedly belonging to the leftist guerrilla group FARC exploded Wednesday in a mall in Neiva, the capital city of the central Huila department. According to authorities, the grenade damaged a clothing store in the...
Intoxicated Colombian soldier throws grenade, killing 1, injuring 7
The Colombian army arrested an intoxicated soldier after he threw a grenade at a public establishment, killing one person and injuring seven, newspaper El Espectador reported Monday. According to the army’s 8th division...
Colombian soldier kills colleague with grenade
A Colombian professional soldier apparently launched a grenade at a colleague, killing the 20-year-old in the central Colombian department of Huila. Military officials have released few details although the attack seems to have...
Grenade attack in west Colombia leaves 5 seriously injured
A Thursday night grenade attack in Tulua, in western Colombia’s Valle del Cauca department, left five people seriously injured, among them three minors. The explosion occurred outside of a residence in the...
Child seriously injured by explosive in western Colombia
A 13-year-old boy is in a serious condition after an explosive went off in the western Colombian department of Choco, Caracol Radio reported Sunday. Four children apparently came across the explosive device, believed to be a...
Grenade found near Colombian Prosecutor General’s Office
Colombian police have discovered a fragmentation grenade left in a park close to the Prosecutor General’s Office in Bogota, El Espectador reported Thursday. Police were tipped off on Wednesday night by a local inhabitant...
12 injured by grenade explosion in Medellin
The explosion of a fragmentation grenade has left 12 people injured in the troubled, hillside eastern Medellin neighborhood of La Sierra, Caracol Radio reported Thursday. Three policemen and nine civilians were wounded, inluding...
5 soldiers injured in grenade attack
Five soldiers have been injured in a grenade explosion at a military housing base near the town of Sogamoso, in the central Colombian department of Boyaca, reported El Tiempo. The blast occurred at the Tarqui Battalion around...
