Violent clashes erupted in Bogota on Friday (October 17), as protesters, some identified as indigenous, confronted police near the U.S. embassy.

Demonstrators threw fireworks, explosives, and arrows, resulting in injuries to four police officers, according to Bogota Mayor Carlos Fernando Galan.

He condemned the "criminal" actions, stating that a group of masked individuals attacked police with explosive and incendiary devices, as well as bows and arrows. Authorities used water cannon trucks to disperse the crowds.

The confrontations took place amid broader protests by the Congress of the Peoples, an organization representing indigenous and peasant communities, who had arrived in the capital for demonstrations.

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1. VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS THROWING FIREWORKS AT POLICE DURING CLASHES IN DEMONSTRATIONS

2. PROTESTER THROWING OBJECTS AT POLICE

3. PROTESTERS TAKING COVER BEHIND A TRASH BIN

4. PROTESTER THROWING OBJECTS AT POLICE AND WATER CANNON VEHICLE SPRAYING WATER AT PROTESTERS

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5. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) BOGOTA'S MAYOR, CARLOS FERNANDO GALAN, SAYING:

"Today, a group of criminals, some of them masked, in a premeditated, evidently planned manner, organized to attack the police near the United States embassy with explosive and incendiary devices, with arrows, with bows. We reject these acts. I immediately asked the metropolitan police to act and to control the situation by force with tanker trucks and other tools, and we will do it as many times as necessary. We also reject the fact that four police members were injured in these events."

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6. PROTESTER FIRING ARROW WITH BOW / WATER CANNON VEHICLE GETTING CLOSER

7. HOODED PROTESTERS AND DEMONSTRATOR HOLDING PALESTINIAN FLAG

8. TEAR GAS CANISTER IN THE MIDDLE OF DISTURBANCES

9. POLICE WATER CANNON VEHICLE SPRAYING WATER AT PROTESTERS

10. RIOT POLICE OFFICERS STANDING BY

11. ARROW BURIED IN THE GROUND / WATER CANNON VEHICLE IN THE BACKGROUND