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Blast kills 8, wounds 15 in Colombia
www.chinaview.cn 2003-09-11 09:25

¡@¡@BOGOTA, Sept. 10 (Xinhuanet)-- At least eight people were killed and 15 wounded on Wednesday when a horse loaded with explosives blew up in a village market in Colombia.

¡@¡@The blast, which was blamed on the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), took place in the village of Chita, some 250 kilometer northeast of the capital.

¡@¡@Gen. Reinaldo Castellanos, commander of the Army's Fifth Division, said FARC terrorists activated the horse bomb.

¡@¡@The army have arrested a woman suspected of leading the horse into the market, the commander said. Enditem


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