Car bomb kills 4, wounds 12 in Colombia

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BOGOTA (AFP) — A car bomb exploded early Monday in Colombia's third largest city Cali, killing four people and wounding at least 12 in one of the deadliest urban attacks this year, authorities said.

The explosion occurred five minutes after midnight (0505 GMT) near the Palace of Justice, where offices of Cali's judges and other civil servants are located, said Cali Mayor Jorge Ivan Ospina.

"The bomb exploded in the area behind the Palace of Justice, right in the centre of the city, causing the death of four people," Ospina said.

"One of the victims was travelling in a vehicle, two others were in the road and the other appeared to be a street vendor," he said, adding that their bodies were badly burned and mutilated.

The mayor said authorities had no...