Colombian rebels kill more over 300 Indians

Updated: 14:23, Saturday, 24 November 2001

More than 300 Indians have been killed this year in Colombia by leftwing rebels and rightwing paramilitaries.

More than 300 Indians have been killed this year in Colombia by leftwing rebels and rightwing paramilitaries. That is according to the leader of an organisation representing indigenous people in the country.

The President of the National Indigenous Organisation of Colombia, Armando Valbuena, said that rebels and paramilitaries had become oppressors of Indian populations. He said that those who died were caught in crossfire or died in clashes over their land.

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