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Unidentified people attacked on Monday an ATM and two fuel dispensing stations in Yumbo, in the Valle del Cauca department, after riots and clashes with security forces in the same city on Sunday left behind a dead and 22 wounded, including six policemen.
The Colombian National Police reported in a statement that during Monday's incidents, unknown persons threw improvised explosives when agents of the institution tried to contain a new attack against a gas station.
The Cali Metropolitan Police reported that Sunday's excesses extended to the mayor's home, which was also vandalized.
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In dialogue with Caracol Radio, the mayor of Yumbo, Jhon Jairo Santamaría, said that, although the protests have been mostly peaceful, unfortunately "a few" resorted to violence.
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The police reported that, after midnight on Monday, several people attacked one of the Immediate Attention Centers (CAI) and uniformed personnel assigned to the National Model of Community Surveillance by Quadrants with blunt objects and handmade explosive devices.
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Almost immediately, an attack was recorded at another CAI and at the Yumbo Police Megastation.
The uniformed men were also harassed with firearms, according to the police.
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The Office of the Attorney General of the Nation will determine "the circumstances of time, manner and place to clarify each of the cases."
The Cali Metropolitan Police command said in a statement that the "serious acts of vandalism" in Yumbo are not related to "the peaceful and legitimate protest that has occurred in this and other regions of the country."
Colombia is celebrating several weeks of social protests, which began on April 28 in rejection of a fiscal reform project by President Iván Duque, which was withdrawn on May 2. The dialogue between the national government and the National Unemployment Committee resumes this Monday afternoon.