Bomb kills two in Bogota

Police say a bomb blast killed two people outside a Blockbuster video store in an upper middle-class district of Colombia’s capital Bogota.

The explosion occurred in an area of northern Bogota where restaurants and retail stores are plentiful.

City police chief Rodolfo Palomino says the bomb appeared to be about five kilograms of explosives and was placed in an automatic teller booth adjacent to the store.

The victims’ identities were not immediately known.

The government is offering a $45,000 (€34,000) reward for information leading to those responsible for the blast.

Defence Minister Juan Manuel Santos says there’s no evidence it was leftist rebels.

Some officials say the store had been the object of extortion.