BOGOTA, June 25 (Xinhua) -- Colombian President Ivan Duque said on Friday that a helicopter carrying him and several other officials was struck by multiple bullets in the southern Catatumbo region.

None of the passengers aboard, including several top ministers, were killed, Mr. Duque said in a video address just after the attack.

The authorities did not immediately say who they thought was responsible for the attack that took place near the border with Venezuela.

Mr. Duque called the attack “cowardly,” and vowed to continue “the fight against narcotrafficking, against terrorism and against the organized crime groups that operate in the country.”