At least 14 people were killed and 69 wounded when rebels fired mortar shells in Bogota and the presidential palace as Mr Alvaro Uribe was sworn in as president of Colombia.
Three explosions were several blocks from parliament yesterday as Mr Uribe, who has vowed to crack down on the rebels, entered the building to take the oath of office from Senate leader Mr Luis Alfredo Ramos.
Two mortars also went off beside the nearby presidential palace, wounding a policeman.
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Bogota Mayor Mr Antanas Mockus said intercepted messages among members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) showed the rebels were behind the attack.
Mr Mockus said 14 people died - 11 of them in an explosion in the poor Cartucho neighbourhood blocks from parliament and three in a separate explosion nearby. Of the wounded, 29 had serious injuries and 40 were slightly injured, Mr Mockus said.
Mr Uribe did not mention the explosions in his inaugural address but said: "The world must understand that this conflict needs unconventional, transparent and imaginative solutions".