Rebels kill at least 17 police officers
From Times Wire Reports
Hundreds of leftist rebels bombarded a remote police station with makeshift mortars and ambushed a column of police reinforcements, killing at least 17 officers and a civilian, Colombian authorities said.
The six-hour assault in the village of Tierradentro, 230 miles northwest of Bogota, was the bloodiest since President Alvaro Uribe was reelected in May in a landslide that endorsed his get-tough policy with rebels.
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