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Bomb in Colombia kills 117
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THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2002 A Colombian rebel group indicted in the U.S. for the murders of three Native American activists is taking responsibility for a bomb that killed at least 117 people attending a church service. The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) said the rocket attack was not intended to kill civilians. The deaths were the largest single massacre in the country's decades-long civil war. Get the Story:
No Sanctuary From Colombian War (The Washington Post 5/9)
Colombian War Brings Carnage to Village Altar (The New York Times 5/9)
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Friends & Relatives of the People, Ingrid Washinawatok, Terence Freitas and Lahe'ena'e Gay - http://www.ienearth.org/colombia.html Related Stories:
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