Troops Kill 5 They Mistook for Rebels
Colombian soldiers accidentally killed five civilians, including two children, the army said, admitting more mistaken killings just three weeks after troops killed 11 policemen and civilians in an incident still under investigation.
A patrol killed five peasants Saturday night after confusing them with Marxist rebels in mountains near Cajamarca in Tolima province, about 90 miles west of the capital, Bogota, the army said. Two of the victims were boys ages 2 and 10.
On March 20, soldiers killed seven police officers and four civilians they had arrested in southern Colombia.
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