A/HRC/16/22 (a) The attacks in Pasto (Nariño) against the headquarters of the “U” political party on 25 May and in front of the office of the Administrative Department of Security (DAS) office on 8 September. (b) persons. The explosion of a car bomb in Bogota on 12 August, which injured nine (c) The explosion of a car bomb on 30 November in front of a police station in Vegalarga, municipality of Neiva (Huila), which caused the death of one civilian and damaged several homes. (d) Other cases were attributed to the ELN, such as the gas cylinder filled with explosives that were detonated near the “Alejandro Humboldt” school in Fortul (Arauca), on 7 January. 18. Indiscriminate attacks were also registered, such as an attack with a cylinder bomb launched by the FARC-EP on 30 May in Sabanalarga (Antioquia), which damaged a school, and another attack by the FARC-EP on a passenger bus in Chigorodó (Antioquia) on 15 July. 2. Security forces 19. OHCHR-Colombia continued to observe the practice of placing military units in populated areas, very near to houses and other protected properties, such as schools. (a) In January, soldiers of the “Cacique Nutibara” Infantry Battalion occupied a school in the rural community of Guaduas in Carmen de Atrato (Chocó). (b) In May, OHCHR-Colombia received information about the month-long occupation of a community centre in the rural community of Silva, Buenaventura (Valle del Cauca), by the Marine Infantry. (c) On 24 August a group of soldiers from the “Vencedores” Battalion occupied a school in Tuluá, Valle del Cauca. (d) In Puerto Alvira, Mapiripán (Meta), a group of soldiers from the Army’s Joaquín París Battalion camped close to the rectory and other civilian homes. 20. OHCHR-Colombia received information on cases of stigmatization and illegal detention by members of the Army against the civilian population. (a) In Naín, Tierralta (Córdoba), soldiers from the XI Brigade allegedly intimidated the population on 13 January, accusing them of collaboration with guerrilla groups. (b) In Puerto Rico (Meta), on 4 August, members of the Army allegedly detained a 12-year-old boy for two hours, accusing him of being a guerrilla and interrogating him on the whereabouts of the group in the area. 21. OHCHR-Colombia registered cases of armed confrontations between the Army and the FARC-EP, which caused harm to the civilian population in rural areas of the department of Cauca. Two such cases occurred in April and May, in Caloto and Toribío, where one woman died of a gunshot allegedly fired by a guerrilla and other woman was wounded by shrapnel from an explosive device allegedly launched by members of the Army. I. Torture 22. Although the existing data does not appear to reflect either the magnitude or the true impact of this human rights violation, the following are illustrative cases: 26