The mayor of Planadas said several people wounded in the bomb attack were taken to a local school for treatment. (EPA Images pic)BOGOTÁ: A truck laden with explosives detonated in western Colombia on Sunday, killing four people, including a two-month-old baby, local officials said.

The bomb attack occurred near a military base in the town of Planadas, in the south of the Andean Tolima department.

Authorities said the explosion damaged a hospital and several homes.

"With deep sorrow, I report that the attack in Planadas has left a preliminary toll of four people deceased, including a baby girl of only two months old," Tolima governor Adriana Magali Matiz wrote on X.