Thursday

January 17, 2019

Armed conflicts and attacks

2019 Bogotá car bombing

A suicide car-bomb attack at the General Santander National Police Academy in Bogotá, Colombia, kills at least 20 people and injures more than 50 others. (The Guardian)

Disasters and accidents

In France, a fire at the University Lyon 1 injures three people. Investigators say that it is a result of an accidental gas bottle explosion. (Euronews)