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Article: Update: Seven police officers killed in rebel attack in Colombia
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- December 18, 2005
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Update: Seven police officers killed in rebel attack in Colombia
BOGOTA, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- Seven police officers were killed and
33 others were kidnapped on Saturday when rebels attacked a village
in western Colombia, government officials said.
The rebel Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) launched
the attack just before dawn, when dozens of FARC militants encircled
the village of San Marino, 275 km west of Bogota, and began shooting
at police officers, said National Police chief Gen. Jorge Daniel ...