Seven Colombian military officers have been suspended following the murder of three children in a border town last month.
The children, two boys aged six and nine, and a girl, aged 14, were stabbed to death in the town of Tame in Arauca province on the 14th of October. Their bodies were buried in a shallow grave.
One of the soldiers involved, Second Lieutenant Raul Munoz has admitted to raping 14 year old Yenni Torres but denies killing her. He also confessed to raping a 13 year old girl near the same town on October 2nd.
The children's father had returned from work in the fields on October 14th to find them missing. He and other villagers found their shallow graves later in the day.
The town of Tame is often the scene of clashes between the military and FARC rebels. Four soldiers and three civilians were wounded in a FARC bomb attack in mid-October.
So far, over sixty soldiers are under investigation regarding the incident.
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