Cali (Colombia) (AFP) — Five people were killed and dozens were injured when a vehicle bomb ripped through a busy street in the Colombian city of Cali on Thursday, local authorities said.

Police said the bomb had targeted the Marco Fidel Suarez Military Aviation School in the north of the city — a fresh challenge to the country’s fragile peace process ahead of 2026 elections.

“There was a thunderous sound of something exploding near the air base,” 65-year-old eyewitness Hector Fabio Bolanos told AFP.

“There were so many injured people,” he said. “Many houses were damaged in front of the base.”

Several buildings and a school were evacuated.

Cali mayor Alejandro Eder said preliminary reports indicated at least five people were killed and 36 people were injured.

He announced a ban on la

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