Colombia: Nine dead in separate attacks amid escalating violence
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Three separate attacks come after helicopter carrying President Ivan Duque was fired at near border with Venezuela on Friday.
At least nine people, including four police officers, have died in three separate attacks across Colombia, which has seen a recent surge in violence and instability in several parts of the country. Three off-duty police officers died in an attack by armed men in the northeastern town of Pailitias, a police statement said on Sunday. One of the officers’ pregnant wife was also injured. In the country’s south, five men were found murdered in San Vicente del Caguan, Mayor Julian Perdomo told the AFP news agency.More Related News