Colombia suffered a series of attacks Thursday night and Friday morning, marking the first major assault against its military since a mafia group born from the now-defunct Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) announced it was scaling up operations earlier this week.
BOGOTÁ — Colombia suffered a series of attacks Thursday night and Friday morning, marking the first major assault against its military since a mafia group born from the now-defunct Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia announced it was scaling up operations earlier this week.
The injured soldier was standing guard at military headquarters in the city of Tumaco, a hub for armed groups, in the southwest. He was wounded by shrapnel from a grenade thrown by a man on a motorcycle, an incident still under investigation.Minutes before, another explosive device was thrown in front of a military facility in the Colombian city of Cali, causing no injuries. The army said the attack was carried out by FARC dissidents.
A third attack took place early Friday in a rural area of Jamundí, a town located 15 miles from Cali, when armed fighters fired at a police station from the mountains.
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