Bogotá bombing

This item appears on page 17 of the June 2015 issue.

In Bogotá, Colombia, a remotely activated bomb set off in the neighborhood of Quiroga on March 12 injured seven people, including five police officers. The bomb was detonated during a police procession.

This was the seventh bombing in Bogotá in 2015. The previous six bomb blasts injured five people, including a 6-month-old baby, but there have been no deaths.