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Colombian rebels claim police academy attack: statement
HAVANA, Jan 21, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Colombia’s leftist ELN rebels have claimed
responsibility for the bombing of a police academy in Bogota that killed 20
people as well as the attacker, and derailed peace talks being held in Cuba.
“The operation carried out against these installations and troops is lawful
within the law of war, there were no non-combatant victims,” the National
Liberation Army said in a statement released early Monday on its website.
BSS/AFP/MR/ 1147 hrs