Truck explodes outside Colombia police base, injuring 11 officers and killing a dog

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A truck exploded outside a police base in Cucuta, Colombia, injuring 11 officers and killing a police dog. The Colombian government blamed the nation’s largest remaining rebel group for the attack, which occurred in a region contested by drug gangs and rebels for smuggling routes control.

Colombia’s government on Saturday blamed the nation’s largest remaining rebel group for an explosion outside a police base that injured 11 officers and killed a police dog. The attack took place early Saturday in Cucuta, a city along Colombia’s border with Venezuela, where drug gangs and rebel groups have long fought for the control of smuggling routes. General William Rincon, the director of Colombia’s police, said the blast came from a truck that had been left outside a building that serves as...