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10 injured in Bogota explosion: authorities

Published May 15, 2012 Updated May 15, 2012 05:24pm

BOGOTA: An explosion ripped through a crowded area of Bogota on Tuesday, injuring at least 10 people, the mayor's office said.

"The district emergency committee was activated immediately and we have 10 injured people who have been taken to hospitals," a spokesman for the mayor's office said.

Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2012