Enlarge image
FARC Fighters (2017)
Photo: imago stock & people / imago / Agencia EFE
Five people were killed in an attack by suspected Farc dissidents in Colombia.
The Farc is the historically largest guerrilla group in Colombia.
The attackers opened fire indiscriminately from a car on Sunday in the village of Tumaco in the south-west of the country, the Colombian army announced.
Two people died on the scene, three more died in the hospital from their gunshot wounds.
In addition, six people were injured.
According to the army, violent clashes between armed groups active in drug trafficking in the region have recently become more frequent in the region.
Colombia has suffered armed conflict between the armed forces, left-wing guerrilla groups and right-wing paramilitaries for over 50 years.
The decades-long conflict claimed the lives of over 220,000 people, most of them civilians.
For a long time, the FARc financed itself, among other things, through the drug trade and ransom payments.
At the end of 2016, the FARC and the Colombian government had ended the civil war.
As a result, around 7,000 guerrillas were disarmed in the South American country.
Hundreds of guerrillas opposed the agreement and continue to live underground.
Among other things, they finance themselves through drug trafficking and other criminal activities.
lau / AFP