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Eight Colombian police, military killed in guerrilla attacks
Source: Reuters
Eight Colombian police, military killed in guerrilla attacks
BY LUIS JAIME ACOSTA
BOGOTA Fri Dec 19, 2014 5:51pm EST
(Reuters) - Colombia's Marxist-led FARC guerrillas killed five soldiers in an ambush on Friday just hours before the rebels were to begin an indefinite ceasefire, the army said.
Three police officers were also killed in an attack by the Southern American country's smaller ELN guerrilla group.
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) ambush, in which seven soldiers were wounded, occurred in the southwestern province of Cauca as the army patrolled a highway damaged in a bomb attack a short while earlier.
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The FARC unexpectedly announced on Wednesday that it would cease hostilities for an unlimited time from Saturday. The government has rejected a rebel demand that an independent international organization monitor the ceasefire, however.
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BY LUIS JAIME ACOSTA
BOGOTA Fri Dec 19, 2014 5:51pm EST
(Reuters) - Colombia's Marxist-led FARC guerrillas killed five soldiers in an ambush on Friday just hours before the rebels were to begin an indefinite ceasefire, the army said.
Three police officers were also killed in an attack by the Southern American country's smaller ELN guerrilla group.
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) ambush, in which seven soldiers were wounded, occurred in the southwestern province of Cauca as the army patrolled a highway damaged in a bomb attack a short while earlier.
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The FARC unexpectedly announced on Wednesday that it would cease hostilities for an unlimited time from Saturday. The government has rejected a rebel demand that an independent international organization monitor the ceasefire, however.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/19/us-colombia-rebels-idUSKBN0JX2GW20141219
