Colombia suspends peace talks with ELN rebels after bomb attacks

Talks to end a five decade war called off after group launched bomb attacks on three police stations nationwide on Saturday and Sunday

Colombia’s president, Juan Manuel Santos, has suspended peace talks with Marxist ELN rebels after a series of bomb attacks over the weekend killed seven police officers and injured dozens.

The government and the National Liberation Army (ELN) have been in talks since February 2017 to end a five-decade war but Santos said he will not accept the group’s continued violence after it launched bomb attacks on three police stations nationwide on Saturday and Sunday.

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