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7 killed in protests over police custody death in Colombia

by Associated Press
| September 10, 2020 1:27 PM

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Violent clashes erupted in Colombia’s capital following the death of a man in police custody, with angry citizens setting fire to city buses, vandalizing police stations and squaring off with officers in confrontations that killed seven people.

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