Death toll in Colombian indigenous land dispute rises to seven

The death toll from a bloody land dispute between Indigenous groups in Colombia rose to seven, while over 100 people were injured, authorities said Friday.The clash between the Misak and Nasa peoples took place on Thursday in the restive Cauca region, southwestern Colombia.For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.Raising the death toll to seven on Friday, authorities said four victims were Misak members, two were Nasa members, and one body had not yet been identified.A further 110 people were injured, a spokesperson for the regional governor said.Members of the Misak community sobbed despairingly as they received the body of Luis Enrique, a community leader and governor of an Indigenous reserve in the rural Silvia municipality.The group, wearing traditional clothing and carrying white flags, had been waiting for his body outside a local hospital.The Nasa community had attacked the Misak after the latter cut through a fence and tried to claim

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