DAS Building bombing

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The DAS Building bombing was a truck bomb attack in Bogotá, Colombia, on December 6, 1989. The bomb targeted the Administrative Department of Security (DAS) headquarters.

A truck parked near the building exploded, killing 52 people and injuring about 1,000.[1] The blast levelled several city blocks and destroyed more than 300 commercial properties.[2]

It is widely believed that the Medellín Cartel was responsible for the attack. The same group was believed to be behind the bombing of Avianca Flight 203 the previous month.

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Colombia Cartels Tied to Bombing." The New York Times, December 8, 1989, Page A10.
  2. ^ "Colombia Truck Bomb Kills 35, Many Injured in Blast Drug Dealers are suspected", Miami Herald, December 7, 1989, p. 1A. 
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