Death squad murders 10

Bogota - A gang of hooded gunmen dressed in black massacred 10 woodcutters in north-western Colombia in the latest in a wave …

Bogota - A gang of hooded gunmen dressed in black massacred 10 woodcutters in north-western Colombia in the latest in a wave of mass murders across the north and east of the country, police said yesterday.

The attack, suspected to be the work of a right-wing death squad, took place in a rural area near the town of Retiro, in Antioquia province, late on Thursday.

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