Colombia: Bombings kill two people on election day – Politics

At least two soldiers died in bomb attacks on the day of the parliamentary elections in Colombia. The two men were killed in an explosion in Caquetá and Meta departments on Sunday, the armed forces said. Two other soldiers were injured in the attacks. It was initially unclear who was behind the attacks. Guerrilla groups, paramilitaries and criminal gangs are active in the South American country. A total of 73,000 soldiers were deployed in Colombia on Sunday to protect voters and candidates.

A total of 188 seats in the House of Representatives and 108 mandates in the Senate were reassigned in the election. Six years after the peace agreement between the government and the left-wing guerrilla organization FARC, the victims of decades of civil war in the South American country should now also be represented in Congress. Sixteen seats in the House of Representatives were reserved for them when they voted. The former members of the FARC rebels have had guaranteed seats in parliament since 2018.

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