Baku-APA. At least eight people were killed and 20 injured in Colombia when an explosive-laden vehicle went off in the small town of Inza in Cauca province, APA reports quoting Press TV.
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) was held responsible for the incident that occurred on Saturday.
The victims included two civilians, a police officer and five members of the military, the army said in an official statement.
The incident “clearly shows that the FARC continue to systematically commit acts of terrorism against civilians,” the statement said.
President Juan Manuel Santos denounced the explosion as an "insane terrorist attack."
According to Police Commissioner Rodolfo Polomino, the attack was “further evidence of indiscriminate FARC terrorism.”
The blast happened as Bogota and the FARC are currently engaged in peace talks to end their near 5-decade-long conflict.
In May, the government and FARC agreed upon how to approach land reform and rural development, which was the first and the most controversial item on the agenda.
Talks between the two sides kicked off in Cuba’s capital, Havana, in November 2012. Norway and Cuba are guarantors of the talks.
FARC is Latin America’s oldest insurgent group and has been fighting the government since 1964.
Bogota estimates that 600,000 people have been killed and some three million others have been internally displaced due to the fighting.
The rebel organization is thought to have around 8,000 fighters operating across a large swathe of the eastern jungles of the country.
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