At least two dead in a car bomb explosion near a military base in Cali, Colombia.

MADRID, 21 (EUROPA PRESS)

At least two people were killed in a bomb attack carried out Thursday near a military base in Cali, western Colombia, according to President Gustavo Petro, who identified the deceased as civilians.

The attack took place near the Marco Fidel Suárez Air Base at around 2:50 p.m. local time. The Colombian Aerospace Force reported on social media that a car bomb had exploded and that an investigation was underway to determine who was responsible for the attack.

Petro has attributed the attack to dissidents of the now-defunct FARC guerrilla group, calling it a "terrorist reaction" to the defeats inflicted on the Carlos Patiño column.

"Terrorism is the new expression of the factions that claim to be led by Iván Mordisco and that have subordinated themselves to the control of the drug trafficking junta," the president lamented, vowing to pursue these groups as "terrorist organizations."