Death toll in Colombia highway bus bomb attack rises to 20

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A bombing on the Pan-American Highway in Colombia's southern Cauca region on Saturday has resulted in 20 deaths and 36 injuries, including minors. The attack targeted a highway bus, causing significant damage to vehicles and debris scattered across the road. President Gustavo Petro attributed the bombing to rebel factions linked to dissident Farc groups, labeling the perpetrators as "terrorists, fascists and drug traffickers." Local governor Octavio Guzman described the incident as the most brutal attack on civilians in decades, calling it "indiscriminate." The attack highlights ongoing violence from groups that did not demobilize following the 2016 Farc peace deal.

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Peace talks between Farc and the government in 2016 ended in a deal under which thousands of fighters demobilised.

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The death toll from a bombing on a Colombian highway has risen to 20, with another 36 people injured.

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Those who carried out this attack are terrorists, fascists and drug traffickers.

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The death toll from a bombing on a Colombian highway on Saturday has risen to 20, with another 36 people injured, including minors.Videos shared from the scene showed damaged vehicles and debris strewn across the Pan-American Highway in the southern Cauca region.Colombian President Gustavo Petro blamed the attack on rebels linked to dissident factions of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc), while local governor Octavio Guzman described the attack as the most brutal against civilians in decades.Peace talks between Farc and the government in 2016 ended in a deal under which thousands of fighters demobilised, but some broke away and refused to disarm."Those who carried out this attack... are terrorists, fascists and drug traffickers," Petro said on X."I want our very best soldiers to confront them," he added.Guzman posted a video on X of upturned vehicles and craters littered along the highway and described the bombing as "indiscriminate"."Cauca cannot continue to face this barbarity alone," he wrote.

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