This text has been automatically translated, it may contain errors or inaccuracies.
COLOMBIA
Favorite
Remove from my list

At least 18 dead and dozens injured in two attacks in Colombia

Colombia's President Gustavo Petro has blamed one of the FARC dissident groups, the Central General Staff (EMC), for the attacks and announced that he will include this group on the list of "terrorist" organizations. 

FOTODELDÍA AME2508. CALI (COLOMBIA), 21/08/2025.- Integrantes de la Dirección de Investigación Criminal e Interpol (DIJIN) inspeccionan un vehículo afectado tras una explosión en inmediaciones de la Escuela Militar de Aviación Marco Fidel Suárez este jueves, en Cali (Colombia). Al menos cinco personas murieron y 36 resultaron heridas por un atentado perpetrado con un camión bomba. EFE/ Ernesto Guzmán Jr
18:00 - 20:00
Attack on a military school in Cali, Colombia. Photo: EFE

In Colombia, at least 18 people have been killed and dozens injured in two attacks this Thursday on a police helicopter and a military school. President Gustavo Petro has blamed the Regional General Staff (EMC), the main dissident group of the FARC, for the attacks.

The first attacktook place in the department of Ntioquia in the north-west of the country. In the attack, 12 anti-drug policemen were killed by attacking a helicopter in which they were travelling. 

Hours later, in Cali, a truck loaded with explosives exploded in the vicinity of a school in the Colombian Air Force, killing six people and wounding 65, all civilians, according to the latest Mayor's Office report.

Authorities have confirmed the arrest of a man suspected of being a FARC dissident linked to the Cali attack. 

President Gustavo Petro has announced that he will include the Central Staff Group (EMC), the main dissident group of the FARC, on the list of "terrorist" organizations Segunda Marquetalia along with the other dissident group. 

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Colombia has condemned both attacks in a message posted on the X social network.

You might like

Load more