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Article: COLOMBIA ON EDGE AFTER BOMB KILLS 29.(MAIN)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- June 12, 1995
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Byline: PAUL HAVEN Associated Press
MEDELLIN, Colombia Dozens of police patrolled a blood-spattered plaza Sunday, guarding the site where a bomb killed 29 people in a lethal hail of shrapnel at a crowded outdoor music festival. Authorities said 205 were injured.
One suspect was arrested, and authorities offered a $625,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of others.
Even in a city accustomed to violence, the Saturday night bombing was no ordinary attack. It recalled the worst days of the northwestern city's drug terrorism, which ebbed with the 1993 killing of cartel kingpin Pablo Escobar.
``We don't understand why ...