Article: Update: Seven police officers killed in rebel attack in Colombia

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 ...

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