Two dead and 37 hurt in Halloween bombing

A suitcase bomb exploded near a town square where 5,000 children were celebrating Halloween, killing two suspected bombers and injuring 37 people, including two boys who were in a critical condition in hospital today, authorities in Colombia said.

The two dead were suspected members of a drug-trafficking band allied with rebels from the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or Farc, said regional police chief Colonel Nelson Ramirez.