Bomb kills 6, wounds 71 in Colombia

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http://news.yahoo.com/authorities-bomb-kills-6-wounds-71-colombia-004003507.html


\BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A bomb exploded outside a police station in the Pacific port city of Tumaco just as lunch hour ended Wednesday, killing at six people and wounding 71, authorities said.

The bomb appeared to be a motorcycle packed with explosives, Tumaco security chief Hernando Cortes told The Associated Press.

Hernando Cortes, a city official, said the blast killed three police officers and three civilians. He said the 71 injured included 35 police officers.

Gen. Rodolfo Palomino, the national police director of citizen security, blamed the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, for the attack, though Tumaco's mayor, Victor Gallo, refrained from assigning blame.

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1. Sounds like the cops were the target.

Perhaps some little dispute in the cocaine industry.

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2. sounds like a FARC tactic to me, but it could be others n/t

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3. Could be anybody, that's the problem.

Money and dope make a nasty mix.

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4. could be, but I'd say the FARC is the most likely n/t

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5. OK.

It's not my impression that these little distinctions are paid much attention when drugs and money are involved, but let's call it FARC.