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Military and police spokespeople blamed the attacks on the FARC-EMC,
a group led by former members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces
of Colombia who broke away from the group after it signed a
peace deal with the government in 2016.
Authorities said the rebels placed bombs in cars and motorcycles
that were parked near police stations, while also waging some
attacks with gunfire and grenades. Colombia's police said there
were a total of 24 attacks on Tuesday in the city Cali and the
surrounding provinces of Cauca and Valle del Cauca, in which 28
people were also injured, including 19 civilians.
The attacks on the police stations come just days after Miguel
Uribe, a conservative presidential candidate, was shot during a
rally in Bogota. Authorities say they are investigating who was
behind the attack on Uribe, who is in a critical condition in
hospital in Bogota.
Colombia’s government has struggled to contain violence in urban
and rural areas as several rebel groups try to take over
territory abandoned by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of
Colombia following its peace deal with the government.
Peace talks between the FARC-EMC faction and the government
broke down last year after a series of attacks on indigenous
communities.
The government is currently holding talks with another faction
of the group, that is led by commander Luis Alberto Alban, known
also as Marcos Calarca.
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