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A large explosion has killed at least eight people in the Colombian capital, Bogotá, BBC reported quoting  the country's defence ministry.

The blast happened outside a school for police cadets in the south of the city.

Thirty-eight people were reportedly injured in the blast which happened at 09:30 local time (14:30 GMT).

Images show a charred vehicle in front of the General Santander school, which is located in a working-class area of Bogotá.

Colombian President Iván Duque, who was in the west of the country at the time of what he said was an "attack", tweeted that he would return to the capital immediately.

He said Colombians would not "bow to violence".

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