Twelve from Awa Tribe massacred in Colombia
Thursday, August 27, 2009
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Twelve members of the
Awa Tribe in Colombia were massacred by armed men, according to news reports.
The early morning attack on the Gran Rosario reserve resulted in the deaths of seven adults and five children.
Authorities are searching for information about the identities of the assailants, who may be connected to rebel groups and the drug trade.
Earlier this year, 27 members of the tribe were killed in skirmishes with a rebel group.
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Hooded men slay 12 Indians in Colombia
(AP 8/26)
Twelve Colombian Awa tribe members massacred (Reuters 8/26)
Gang kills 12 Colombian Indians (BBC News 8/27)
Twelve Indians shot dead by armed men (Survival International 8/27)
Uribe Condemns Killing of Indigenous Colombians, Caracol Says (Bloomberg News 8/27)
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