10 soldiers killed by roadside bomb
A roadside bomb planted by leftist rebels killed 10 soldiers as they patrolled in southwestern Colombia, authorities said. The deadliest attack on security forces this year came one day after a similar assault killed nine police officers.
Army Gen. Hernando Perez Molina blamed Colombia’s largest rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, for the latest attack.
He said the patrol was searching for criminal gangs and far-right paramilitaries near the town of Tulua when the explosive was set off by remote control.
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