BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian rebels shot dead two policemen in one
attack and wounded two soldiers with a horse packed with explosives in
another Sunday as Bogota vowed to beef up security in a violence-hit
southwestern state.
Colombia has been battling leftist rebels for nearly five decades and
while security has improved drastically over the last few years,
illegal armed groups continue to stage bombings, hit-and-run attacks
and other bloodshed.
Police said two officers were shot dead in the southwest state of
Cauca Sunday -- the same province where a day before rebels detonated
a car bomb, a bus bomb and another explosive device.
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said that he was sending
reinforcements of police, army and Special Forces to Cauca, an area
plagued by drug and guerrilla violence.
Santos also said that Colombia would create another mountain battalion
for the area.
"We've taken the measure that from now on, security personnel will
destroy any house that is used by terrorists to attack government
forces or civilians. No more utilizing houses to shoot at government
forces or at civilians," he said.
Local media also reported Sunday that suspected FARC rebels had
detonated a horse packed with explosives, injuring two soldiers, in
the southern province of Caqueta.
The security situation has worsened this year in the departments of
Cauca, Caqueta, Norte de Santander, Arauca and Antioquia, accor
Psa 73:19 How are they [brought] into desolation, as in a moment!
they are utterly consumed with terrors.
Job 24:17 For the morning [is] to them even as the shadow of death:
if [one] know [them, they are in] the terrors of the shadow of death.
Job 18:11 Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall
drive him to his feet.
attack and wounded two soldiers with a horse packed with explosives in
another Sunday as Bogota vowed to beef up security in a violence-hit
southwestern state.
Colombia has been battling leftist rebels for nearly five decades and
while security has improved drastically over the last few years,
illegal armed groups continue to stage bombings, hit-and-run attacks
and other bloodshed.
Police said two officers were shot dead in the southwest state of
Cauca Sunday -- the same province where a day before rebels detonated
a car bomb, a bus bomb and another explosive device.
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said that he was sending
reinforcements of police, army and Special Forces to Cauca, an area
plagued by drug and guerrilla violence.
Santos also said that Colombia would create another mountain battalion
for the area.
"We've taken the measure that from now on, security personnel will
destroy any house that is used by terrorists to attack government
forces or civilians. No more utilizing houses to shoot at government
forces or at civilians," he said.
Local media also reported Sunday that suspected FARC rebels had
detonated a horse packed with explosives, injuring two soldiers, in
the southern province of Caqueta.
The security situation has worsened this year in the departments of
Cauca, Caqueta, Norte de Santander, Arauca and Antioquia, accor
Psa 73:19 How are they [brought] into desolation, as in a moment!
they are utterly consumed with terrors.
Job 24:17 For the morning [is] to them even as the shadow of death:
if [one] know [them, they are in] the terrors of the shadow of death.
Job 18:11 Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall
drive him to his feet.
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