Gunmen attack Colombia police station with mortars

“What is the FARC looking for?” Mr Santos said as he toured Tumaco on
Thursday. “Why do they speak in the language of peace but on the other hand
commit acts of terrorism like this?”

The peasant-based FARC, which has been fighting a succession of governments
since 1964 demanding a more equitable distribution of wealth, is seeking to
open a peace dialogue with the government.

But Mr Santos insists the rebels must first halt hostilities and release 12
security force members who the insurgents have held captive for more than a
decade.

The dead in Thursday’s attack included the Villa Rica police post’s commander
and five civilians. Also killed dead were 3-year-old girl and a 19-year-old
woman.

This week’s attacks were the most serious affecting civilians since a car bomb
killed six people and wounded more than 30 in March 2010 in the Pacific port
of Buenaventura.

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