Baby Among 3 Killed in Rebel Attack on Village
From Times Wire Reports
Marxist rebels attacked a remote village with mortar shells and assault rifles, killing a baby and a police officer in the latest violence before legislative elections, police said.
A rebel also was killed in the nighttime raid on Monte Bonito in the coffee-growing province of Caldas in central Colombia, a police spokesman said.
Fifteen civilians and police were wounded in the attack by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known by its Spanish initials FARC.
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