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Judi Lynn

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Tue May 15, 2012, 02:42 PM May 2012

Bomb kills at least two in apparent assassination attempt in Colombia

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Bomb kills at least two in apparent assassination attempt in Colombia
By Ian Johnston, msnbc.com

A bomb blast on a crowded street in Colombia Tuesday reportedly killed several people and injured 19 others.

NBC News said there were reports that the attack in northern Bogota was aimed at former Colombian Minister of Interior and Justice Fernando Londoño and that two of his bodyguards were among the dead.

Londoño was injured and was being treated at the Clinica del Country. Different reports put the death toll at between two and five.

The blast at 11 a.m. local time (12 p.m. ET) affected a total of seven vehicles, according to reports.

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