The United Nations has condemned this Thursday the “indiscriminate” attack carried out the day before with a vehicle loaded with explosives on the Pan-American Highway, in the department of Cauca, in the southwest of Colombia, where a 20-year-old young man has lost his life and four other people have been injured.
The representative in Colombia of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Scott Campbell, has expressed in a statement his rejection of this type of action and has called on non-state armed groups to protect the civilian population and respect their right to life and physical integrity, in line with the obligations set by International Humanitarian Law. The attack has also caused material damage to homes and businesses in the area.
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Source: Democrata
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