At least ten Colombian soldiers have been killed in a bomb attack on an army patrol in the southwest of the country, military officials said.
General Hernando Perez, a local army commander, told the local Caracol radio station that the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) planted Thursday's bomb in the&nb
"We know this is the Farc because it fits their modus operandi, and historically they have operated in this zone," Perez said.
Two officers and eight soldiers were killed, an army spokesman said. The bombs were remotely detonated as the patrol searched Thursday's bomb blast is the second such attack in the last week. Nine police officers were killed on Wednesday in a FARC bomb ambush in the northern Santander province while on a counter-narcotics operation. Farc has been fighting for almost five decades against the government and far-right paramilitaries and partly funds itself through Colombia's cocaine industry.
Thursday's bomb blast is the second such attack in the last week.
Nine police officers were killed on Wednesday in a FARC bomb ambush in the northern Santander province while on a counter-narcotics operation.
Farc has been fighting for almost five decades against the government and far-right paramilitaries and partly funds itself through Colombia's cocaine industry.