Bomb kills 11
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Your support makes all the difference.The fugitive Medellin drug lord, Pablo Escobar, was behind the car-bombing in the Colombian capital that killed 11 people and injured 218, the government said, AFP reports from Bogota.
It started a fire that destroyed 40 cars and much of a shopping centre. Five people died on the spot and 30 of the 218 injured are in a critical condition. Authorities said they were interrogating two suspects. Later, the government issued an emergency decree doubling terrorism sentences to a maximum of 60 years.
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