The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) ambushed a group of police officers in a region bordering Venezuela on Friday, killing at least eight, authorities said.
The officers were attacked by FARC rebels while on their way to a local cemetery to identify a corpse, said a police spokesman from the bordering city of Fortul.
Colombian Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santo condemned the action as a "cowardly terrorist attack."
Jorge Munoz, mayor of the Fortul municipality, also denounced the rebels for murdering defenseless people. He urged the government to step up efforts to combat the insurgents.
The FARC, Colombia's most powerful rebel group, has been trying to topple the Bogota government since the 1960s.
Source: Xinhua
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