Two police officers, terrorists killed by bombs at airport in Colombia | Crime Stories

Colombian authorities describe the attack on Cucuta, a city on the border with Venezuela, as “terrorist”.

Two police officers and a suspected terrorist have been killed in a bomb blast near the northeast airport Colombia near the border with Venezuela.

Colombian police said on Tuesday that a suspected militant managed to cross the fence to find refugees at Camilo Daza International Airport in Cucuta.

Colombian security minister Diego Molano described them as “terrorists” and said the attack would be linked to. Colombian terrorists in Venezuela.

Relations between Colombia and Venezuela it has been difficult in recent years, when Cucuta has become the capital of people are fleeing Venezuela travel to Colombia is a trade between the two countries.

“We are rejecting and condemning a terrorist act that seeks, as always, to destabilize the country,” Molano said.

Terrorists from the National Liberation Army (ELN) and opponents From the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) a terrorist group works in the area, he added.

The organizations “often plan, fund and develop their terrorists from Venezuelan soil and, unfortunately, are looking to engage with them in Colombia”, Molano told Caracol TV of Colombia.

Police say the first explosion occurred around 5am local time (10:00 GMT) when a man carrying a bomb tried to climb a fence separating the road leading to the airport and surrounding areas of the city.

The man died instantly in the blast and his body parts were scattered in the area. About an hour later, a second explosion occurred while police were searching for a suspicious package, police said.

“Our explosives experts, after searching the area, found a suitcase” that exploded, killing two police officers, “said Cucuta police chief Colonel Giovanni Madarriaga.

The blast occurred near the runway but was not affected. The plane, however, was stopped and passengers were evacuated.

Cucuta is the capital of North Santander, a frontier region that has recently begun a war between terrorists and drug traffickers seeking control. coca seeds and marketing strategies.

In June, car bomb left the military base outside the city, where US military advisers worked. Then, in August, a bomb exploded outside a police station, injuring 14 people.

Helicopter President of Colombia Ivan Duque also was shot on a recent trip in the city. He was not harmed in the attack.