This was announced by Police Chief Carlos Triana.
"Today is a day of mourning for the police and Colombia. Terrorism claimed the lives of 12 brave policemen and injured four," Triana wrote on Twitter. Earlier it was reported about eight dead and eight injured.
The helicopter was shot down in the Amalfi municipality in the department of Antioquia on August 21. According to the governor of the region, Andres Julian, the militants used drones.
On the same day, a terrorist attack took place near an airbase in the Colombian city of Cali. According to the latest data, the death toll from the truck explosion has reached 5 people, 36 people were injured. According to President Gustavo Petro, the "Central Command" is also suspected of organizing the terrorist attack.
The group was created by former rebels from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, disbanded after the signing of the 2016 peace agreement. oxu.az.
