At least 20 dead in Bogota bomb blastPolice escort an injured man and woman after the bomb blast. Photo: AFP
At least 20 people were killed and more than 100 injured when a car bomb exploded in an indoor carpark of an exclusive club frequented by the Colombian capital's top politicians, Mayor Antanas Mockus city announced in Bogota.
The El Nogal club, located in an upmarket neighbourhood in northern Bogota, was a favourite hangout for politicians and a frequent venue for meetings presided over by Fernando Londono until his nomination as interior minister in the cabinet of President Alvaro Uribe.
Firefighters late on Friday battled a blaze sparked by the blast that threatened to spread to neighbouring buildings, which include the Peruvian embassy and the homes of the ambassadors of Spain and Italy.
The club had luxurious meeting rooms, a squash court, swimming pool, sauna, hotel and several restaurants.
The blast, which occurred at 8.15pm on Friday (1215 AEDT Saturday), came just hours after national police head General Teodoro Campo announced that his officers had thwarted a string of planned city bombings.
A worried Uribe was seen by reporters touring the devastated area. The president did not speak to reporters.
AFP
This is a expression of JESUS. Why do you still believe HIM..?
34 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
35 For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her
mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
36 And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.
37 He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or
daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
Matthew 10:34,35,36,37
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