A bomb strapped to a horse exploded in a plaza in a small town in northeast Colombia on Wednesday, killing at least eight people, including a toddler, and injuring 20 others, stated the Army in a report in the Kansas City Star.

The military blamed the attack on leftist rebels called the Revolutionary Armed Forced of Colombia (FARC), according to a report in the New Zealand Herald. The rebels have tied bombs to animals, mainly donkeys and horses, in the past, said the Star article

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