Four dead in Colombia bus attack
June 21st, 2012 - 9:26 am ICT by IANSBogota, June 21 (IANS) Four bus passengers, including a pregnant woman, died in Colombia Wednesday when the rebels opened fire on their vehicle, authorities said.
The bus was attacked after the driver refused to stop the vehicle at a checkpoint of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in southwestern Narino province.
The FARC is the country’s largest leftist rebel group. At least seven others were injured, Xinhua reported.
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