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Roadside Bombing Kills Five Policemen In Colombia
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Five Colombian police officers were killed and three injures after their vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb in the country's southern Caqueta province, said officials on Thursday.
According to officials, the roadside bomb struck the police patrol truck when it was traveling along a highway in the southern town of El Doncello.
Though no has yet claimed responsibility for the attack, Colombian authorities blamed it on the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), a Leftist guerrilla group.
If the alleged FARC involvement is confirmed, it would be deadliest attack conducted by the leftist rebels after Juan Manuel Santos was inaugurated as Colombian president last month.
The FARC rebels have been fighting the Colombian government for four decades in what is said to be Latin America's longest-running insurgency.
The strong anti-militant policies and related military operations initiated by former President Alvaro Uribe since he first took office in 2002 had put the FARC rebels on the defensive.
However, the FARC insurgents still carry out attacks against Colombian security forces and other targets despite tough security measures enforced by Uribe, who stepped down from office on August 7.
The FARC group is seeking to impose a Leftist regime in the country, which would redistribute land more equitably among the country's impoverished population. They are accused of using money generated from cocaine smuggling to fund their insurgency.
by RTT Staff Writer
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