Paramilitary Group Says It Killed 18 in Colombia
<i> Associated Press</i>
BOGOTA, Colombia —
A paramilitary group claimed responsibility Monday for the weekend massacre of 18 people in a dance hall in northwest Colombia.
The attack occurred Saturday night in Chigorodo, in the banana-growing region of Uraba, which has been plagued by political violence for years. Gunmen opened fire in the dance hall and shot people as they tried to run out the door.
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