BOGOTA - A powerful car bomb rocked a residential district of Medellin early yesterday, killing a woman and injuring at least 48 other people, police said. About 120lb of dynamite packed into a mini-bus blew up outside the house of Mr Juan Gomez Martinez, a regional newspaper editor, politician and former provincial governor. Five unidentified gun men opened fire on private security guards near Mr Gomez's home before the bomb went off.
The Colombian government said it suspected drug cartels were behind the massive blast.