 A car bombed explosion at the military base in the Colombian border city of Cúcuta. Injured further six people on Tuesday were the Defense Minister Diego Molano, cast in blame for the attacks on leftists' rebels. The explosion took place at the base used by the 30th Army Brigade in the north-eastern city near the border with Venezuela. Molano said one of the injured has had surgery and 29 are hospitalized. Two men drove a white Toyota truck into the base after passing themselves off as officials and there were two explosions. Despite the 2016 peace deal with revolutionary armed forces of Colombia, FARC rebels. Colombia's military continues to battle national liberation army guerrillas, crime gangs and former FARC members who reject the accord. The ELN, the FARC dissidents and crime gangs are all present in sometimes restive, not-desert-under province where the 30th Brigade operates. The injury toll could have been higher but most personnel were in preventative isolation because of coronavirus. President Ivan Duque said on Twitter he would travel to Cúcuta to meet what military leaders and local authorities. The government blamed FARC dissidents for a car bomb attack in March in Cúcuta province which injured more than 40 people.