People take part in a candlelight vigil to honor victims, close to the scene of a car bomb explosion, in Bogota, Colombia January 17, 2019. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's ELN rebel group was responsible for the car bomb attack against a police academy that killed at least 21 and injured dozens, Defense Minister Guillermo Botero said on Friday.
In Thursday's attack, which the government described as an act of terrorism, the car broke through checkpoints into the grounds of the General Santander School before it detonated, shattering windows of apartments nearby.
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