<p> Three Colombian university students, including a woman, died Sunday when the explosives they were handling went off at a house in Bogota, officials said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>A fourth student and nine neighbors were wounded by the blast, which occurred at a house in the suburb of Suba, the police and the city government said.<br /><br />"Apparently, they were handling explosive devices ... and, in addition, drinking liquor," Metropolitan Police chief Gen. Luis Eduardo Martinez said.<br /><br />The victims ranged in age from 19 to 22, the police chief said.<br />The students were making "explosive potatoes", as the small bombs used in student protests are known, Martinez said, adding that eight to 10 kg of explosives went off.<br />Police explosives specialists found instructions for making bombs at the house, the police chief said.<br /><br />The victims were students at the School of Social Sciences of the Francisco Jose de Caldas District University, an institution run by the Bogota city government, Martinez said.<br />The explosion damaged or destroyed 51 dwellings and 12 vehicles, Bogota emergency services chief Javier Pava said.<br /><br />Three of the dwellings have been evacuated, Pava said, adding that the affected buildings housed 160 people, including 51 children.</p>
<p> Three Colombian university students, including a woman, died Sunday when the explosives they were handling went off at a house in Bogota, officials said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>A fourth student and nine neighbors were wounded by the blast, which occurred at a house in the suburb of Suba, the police and the city government said.<br /><br />"Apparently, they were handling explosive devices ... and, in addition, drinking liquor," Metropolitan Police chief Gen. Luis Eduardo Martinez said.<br /><br />The victims ranged in age from 19 to 22, the police chief said.<br />The students were making "explosive potatoes", as the small bombs used in student protests are known, Martinez said, adding that eight to 10 kg of explosives went off.<br />Police explosives specialists found instructions for making bombs at the house, the police chief said.<br /><br />The victims were students at the School of Social Sciences of the Francisco Jose de Caldas District University, an institution run by the Bogota city government, Martinez said.<br />The explosion damaged or destroyed 51 dwellings and 12 vehicles, Bogota emergency services chief Javier Pava said.<br /><br />Three of the dwellings have been evacuated, Pava said, adding that the affected buildings housed 160 people, including 51 children.</p>