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| Colombia police suffer deadly attacks | Colombia police suffer deadly attacks |
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| At least six people have been killed and more than a dozen injured in an attack on a police station in western Colombia. | |
| The violence in Villa Rica comes a day after 11 people were killed in an explosion in Tumaco, in the south. | The violence in Villa Rica comes a day after 11 people were killed in an explosion in Tumaco, in the south. |
| Police blamed that attack on the left-wing rebel group, the Farc. | Police blamed that attack on the left-wing rebel group, the Farc. |
| The rebels have been stepping up their offensive against the security forces since their leader was killed in a military operation in November. | The rebels have been stepping up their offensive against the security forces since their leader was killed in a military operation in November. |
| Police officials said the commander of the police statio was among those killed when explosive devices went off outside the police station in Villa Rica, in Cauca province. | |
| Targeted attacks | Targeted attacks |
| Eighteen police officers were in the station at the time of the explosion. | Eighteen police officers were in the station at the time of the explosion. |
| Preliminary investigations indicate gas cylinders laden with explosives were used in the attack. | Preliminary investigations indicate gas cylinders laden with explosives were used in the attack. |
| On Wednesday, 11 people were killed and 79 injured when an explosive device went off outside a police station in the Pacific port city of Tumaco. | On Wednesday, 11 people were killed and 79 injured when an explosive device went off outside a police station in the Pacific port city of Tumaco. |
| The explosion happened as the police commander for the region, Gen Jorge Nieto Rojas, and his senior staff were meeting at the station to devise a new strategy to fight drug trafficking in the area. | The explosion happened as the police commander for the region, Gen Jorge Nieto Rojas, and his senior staff were meeting at the station to devise a new strategy to fight drug trafficking in the area. |
| Gen Nieto Rojas was not hurt. | Gen Nieto Rojas was not hurt. |
| Three hundred extra police have been sent to Tumaco to improve security and help track down those behind the attack. | Three hundred extra police have been sent to Tumaco to improve security and help track down those behind the attack. |
| Minister of Defence Juan Carlos Pinzon has offered 1,200 million-peso reward ($670,000; £425,000) for information leading to the capture of alias Rambo, the Farc rebel suspected of the attack. | Minister of Defence Juan Carlos Pinzon has offered 1,200 million-peso reward ($670,000; £425,000) for information leading to the capture of alias Rambo, the Farc rebel suspected of the attack. |
| Mayor of Tumaco Victor Gallo has imposed a nighttime curfew and schools stayed closed on Thursday. | Mayor of Tumaco Victor Gallo has imposed a nighttime curfew and schools stayed closed on Thursday. |
| Tumaco is one of Colombia's most lawless cities, where drug trafficking gangs and leftist rebels fight for control of the lucrative Pacific coast drug smuggling routes. | Tumaco is one of Colombia's most lawless cities, where drug trafficking gangs and leftist rebels fight for control of the lucrative Pacific coast drug smuggling routes. |