Colombian rebels claim police academy attack

People take part in a rally against violence following a car bombing against a police academy that left 21 dead and dozens more wounded. (Reuters)

HAVANA: Colombia’s leftist ELN rebels have claimed responsibility for the bombing of a police academy in Bogota that killed 20 people as well as the attacker, and derailed peace talks being held in Cuba.
“The operation carried out against these installations and troops is lawful within the law of war, there were no non-combatant victims,” the National Liberation Army said in a statement released early Monday on its website.