Seven killed as military vehicle explodes in southeast Colombia

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Seven killed as military vehicle explodes in southeast Colombia

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Seven people were killed and 11 more injured when a passenger vehicle exploded while traveling down a highway in southeast Colombia, in a key drug-trafficking region where illegal armed groups vie for control, a high-ranking military official said on Tuesday.

The explosion, which is being investigated by authorities, happened late on Monday in a rural region of Colombia’s Cauca province, some 500 kilometers (300 miles) southeast of capital city Bogota.

“This was no attack. This was a passenger vehicle moving from Pasto towards Cali. It was moving when it exploded,” General Jorge Isaacs Hoyos, commander of the Colombian army’s third division, told journalists.

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