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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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