Colombia declares three days mourning for quake victims as EU pledges assistance
- Colombia declared three days of mourning on Wednesday for the victims of an earthquake that demolished buildings in the west of the country, killing more than 200 people.
- At magnitude 7.4, Monday's quake was the strongest to hit Colombia in a century.
- The government said flags would be lowered to half-staff on official buildings, as well as at Colombian embassies around the world, "in honour of all the dead.
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- Colombia declared three days of mourning on Wednesday for the victims of an earthquake that demolished buildings in the west of the country, killing more than 200 people.
- At magnitude 7.4, Monday's quake was the strongest to hit Colombia in a century.
- The government said flags would be lowered to half-staff on official buildings, as well as at Colombian embassies around the world, "in honour of all the dead.
Sources: Euronews