Blasts rock Colombian capital; 8 injured

Two explosions rocked Colombia’s capital on Thursday, injuring at least eight people.

The blasts took place outside the offices of the Porvenir pension fund management company, according to CNN affiliate Cablenoticias.

Images showed shattered glass on the ground and emergency personnel at the scenes.

Colombian Defense Minister Luis Carlos Villegas described the explosions as “terrorist acts” and said the government was offering a reward of up to 100 million pesos (about $38,000) for information about who was responsible for them.

The first blast, which occurred in the financial district, injured seven people. The second blast, in an industrial area of the city, left another person wounded, Bogota Health Secretary Mauricio Bustamante told reporters.

None of the injuries was life threatening, he said.

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