FARC militants in Colombia officially withdrew from a unilateral ceasefire after government troops killed 26 of its militants.
An announcement made by the organisation on its website, blamed the Colombian government’s actions for its withdrawal from the ceasefire, reports Al-Jazeera.
The organisation, condemning the attacks, on Friday, said,
“The suspension of the unilateral ceasefire was not in our sights, the incoherence of Santos’ government has achieved it”
The militants further called on the Colombian government to re-declare a ceasefire to protect the negotiations that were taking place in Havana.
The FARC militants were killed in a bombing raid and ground combat by the Colombian armed forces in a FARC military stronghold.
Violence in the region escalated after FARC militants killed 11 government soldiers, in what they called a case of self-defence.