On 17 January 2019 , a vehicle was driven Movement.Transportation.Unspecified into the General Santander National Police Academy in Bogotá , Colombia . The truck forced its way into the facility , hit Conflict.Attack.Unspecified a wall and detonated Conflict.Attack.Unspecified , killing Life.Die.Unspecified 22 people ( including the perpetrator ) and injuring Life.Injure.Unspecified 68 others . Suicide attacks Conflict.Attack.Unspecified are unusual in Colombia . The car contained about of pentolite . It was the deadliest attack Conflict.Attack.Unspecified on the Colombian capital since the 2003 El Nogal Club bombing Conflict.Attack.DetonateExplode and the first terrorist attack Conflict.Attack.Unspecified on the capital since the 2017 Centro Andino bombing Conflict.Attack.DetonateExplode . The National Liberation Army ( ELN ) accepted responsibility for the attack Conflict.Attack.Unspecified and justified it as a response to the bombings Conflict.Attack.DetonateExplode made by the Colombian government during the unilateral ceasefire .