| 7 killed in Colombian clashes |
| | www.chinaview.cn 2004-08-08 12:07:19 |
BOGOTA, Aug. 7
(Xinhuanet) -- The Colombian army and guerrilla groups clashed in Huila
department, southwest of the country, leaving at least seven people dead, local
media reported Saturday.
The Commander of the 9th Army
Brigade, colonel Juan Rodriguez, confirmed the clashes, saying the encounter
took place Friday night at the rural area of Baraya
municipality.
The killed were members of the Revolutionary
Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), Rodriguez said, but he did not say whether the
army suffered any casualties.
The FARC, with 17,000
combatants, is the largest rebel group in Colombia and it has been involved in
the four-decade-old civil war in the country.
About 3,500
people were killed every year in the civil war that pits government forces,
leftist guerrillas and far-right paramilitaries against one another.
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