Colombia: Seven police officers killed following president's push for peace
IMAGE SOURCE Image caption Seven cops have been killed in a blast and shooting assault in Colombia. They were leaving a get-together in the south-western branch of Huila when their vehicle hit a street mine. They were then shot dead in the snare, a police representative said. It is the most exceedingly terrible assault on security powers since previous guerrilla Gustavo Petro was confirmed as Colombia's originally left-wing president under a month prior. Pictures got by paper El Tiempo showed bodies thronw around a police pickup truck. Eight passings were at first detailed yet the public authority later overhauled down the figure, to seven dead and one harmed. As per the public police and head legal officer's office, three of the officials who were killed were matured 20 or more youthful. Mr Petro denounced the assault, referring to it as "an unmistakable demonstration of treachery against harmony" in a tweet. Late on Friday he ventured out to the local capital of Nei...