BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) ? A bomb targeting a former Colombian interior minister killed at least two people on Tuesday and injured at least 19 others in the heart of Bogota's commercial district, authorities said.
President Juan Manuel Santos said the former minister, Fernando Londono, was hurt but was out of danger.
He said in a brief televised declaration that Londono's driver and a police escort were killed in the bombing, which occurred just before midday on Calle 74 a half block from Caracas Avenue.
City health director Guillermo Jaramillo told Caracol Radio that at least 19 people were hurt.
TV images from the scene showed a badly damaged dark SUV surrounded by other, less damaged vehicles.
Londono was interior minister from 2002-2003 under former President Alvaro Uribe and is a conservative foe of Colombia's leftist rebels.
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