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Soldiers accidentally gun down 10 Colombian cops
None | Press Trust of India, Bogota
Updated on: May 23, 2006 11:19 am IST
At least 10 undercover police officers conducting an anti-drug operation were accidentally shot dead by soldiers.
At least 10 undercover police officers conducting an anti-drug operation were accidentally shot dead by soldiers in southern Colombia, Defence Minister Camilo Ospina said.
The undercover police were near the town of Jamundi when they ran into troops who mistook them for drug traffickers, Ospina said.