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11 alleged FARC rebels killed in Colombian army new attack

12 October 2011 02:26 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. At least 11 members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerilla group were killed and some 30 others injured after the Colombian army and police attacked a rebel camp near the country’s northern border with Venezuela, authorities said on Tuesday, APA reports quoting Xinhua.

The attack happened when the Colombian Air Force on Monday bombed what is known as the FARC’s "Antonio Santos" camp which is located in the rural zone of Sardinata in the northern province of Santander, an army spokesman told local press.

An estimated 80 guerrilla members were at the camp at the time of the attack, army sources said, adding that the death toll is expected to rise to at least 14 once the army and police forces involved in the attack are able to verify the camp site.

Security forces confiscated eight machine-guns, two guns, several mortars and explosives, police officials said, adding the operation was part of efforts to attack key FARC leaders.

The attack on the FARC camp on Monday afternoon followed clashes between the rebels and the army earlier on Monday in which seven soldiers were reported to have been killed in the southern province of Cauca.

FARC, Colombia’s largest rebel group, has been at war with the government since its establishment in 1964.