At least six people have been injured this Monday in a bombing in the Colombian city of Cúcuta, near the border with Venezuela, among them four police officers.
The incident has been recorded in the El Escobal neighborhood, in the capital of the Norte de Santander department, as explained to the media by the commander of the Metropolitan Police, Colonel Pedro José Saavedra.
According to the detailed information from the Secretary of Citizen Security of Norte de Santander, Jorge Quintero, the explosive devices were placed in the back of the headquarters of the National Tax and Customs Directorate of the city, an area where police usually park their vehicles before moving to carry out surveillance tasks at the Francisco de Paula Santander international bridge, which connects Colombia with Venezuela.
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Source: Democrata
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