At least one person died and 34 were wounded by a car bomb detonated allegedly by leftist rebels early Monday outside the police headquarters in Cali, the third-largest city in Colombia, authorities said, according to dpa. The dead man was a taxi driver, and there are several police officers among the injured. The authorities have blamed the attack on the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) - the largest of the country's guerrillas with some 40,000 fighters. The governor of the Valle del Cauca province, Angelino Garzon, said the shock wave caused substantial material damage in buildings around the police complex, which was itself partially destroyed. "In the early hours (of Monday), 12:20 am (0520 GMT), a car bomb exploded before police premises. It is a typical terrorist, violent action which unfortunately cost a taxi driver his life," Governor Garzon said. Colombian police chief General Jorge Daniel Castro said that rebels used some 80 kilogrammes of the explosive Amonal. The vehicle was abandoned before the police headquarters and the charge was activated immediately.
