Guerrillas of the leftist National Liberation Army (ELN) on Wednesday blew up a bridge, set fire to vehicles, blocked roads and set off bombs that injured eight people during the first day of a so-called 'armed strike,' Colombia's government said.
A rebel of Colombia's Marxist National Liberation Army shows his armband while posing for a photograph, in the northwestern jungles, Colombia August 31, 2017. REUTERS/Federico Rios/File PhotoBOGOTA, Feb 23 - Guerrillas of the leftist National Liberation Army on Wednesday blew up a bridge, set fire to vehicles, blocked roads and set off bombs that injured eight people during the first day of a so-called "armed strike," Colombia's government said.
One of the most serious attacks took place in Pailitas, a municipality in northern Cesar province, where the rebels blew up a bridge, halting traffic, the government said.In eastern Santander province, an explosion on a road between the municipalities of Socorro and San Gil injured eight people, while a similar attack in Cucuta, the capital of Norte de Santander province, killed a police explosives dog.
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