Seven Colombian soldiers killed in rebel attack

Source: Xinhua | 05-11-2009 09:21

BOGOTA, May 10 (Xinhua) -- At least seven Colombian soldiers were killed on Sunday in an attack by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) near its border with Ecuador, the army said.

The soldiers were patrolling the town of Samaneigo in Ecuador's border province of Narino when they were attacked by FARC militants. Seven soldiers were killed and three others were injured in the ambush, the army said.

The attack occurred after President Alvaro Uribe ordered government forces to halt a wave of violence in Narino where guerrillas and drug traffickers were fighting for the control of the land.

The FARC, Colombia's biggest rebel group, has been fighting government troops for more than 40 years.

Editor:Zhang Yun