6 soldiers injured in ‘FARC’ attack

Six Colombian soldiers were wounded Thursday by an explosion attributed to the FARC guerrilla group in a rural area in the southern department of Huila.

The explosion was triggered when the military truck passed and is thought to have been a device planted by the Teofilo Forero group of the FARC, newspaper Milenio reports.

The soldiers were dressed in civilian clothes to perform administrative work.

The department of Huila has seen a recent increase in attacks attributed to the FARC.

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