At least four dead in Colombia’s attacks, and local media reports

At least four people died in a wave of bombs and gun attacks in southwestern Colombia, according to local media reports.

The police officers were said to be among those who were killed in the attacks, which targeted Kali, the third largest city in the country, and many nearby cities.

According to what was reported, car bombs, motorcycle bombs, gun fire, and suspected drones were used to strike police stations, municipal buildings, and civil targets as an increasing security crisis in South America.

Local media linked some attacks with a faction of Revolutionary Armed Forces in Colombia (FARC)A group of guerrilla warfare. The BBC was unable to check this independently.

Many people were injured in the attacks, although the exact number of the dead and the wounded is not yet clear.

In a statement published on social media, the Colombian Ministry of Defense said that 19 attacks took place in the southwest of the country.

The ministry said that there are 12 attacks in the Al -Qouqa area and seven in the Valle Del Coca area.

The ministry described violence as “a desperate reaction by illegal armed groups of huge operations [military and police]That destroyed their unlawful structures and economies. ”

The attacks come days after Attempt to assassinate the presidential candidate, Miguel Urby Tourai In the capital, Bogota, while addressed supporters.

The mayor of the largest city in the region, Kali, said that the city returned to 1989, when it was exposed to drug trafficking and kartel’s violence.