Via BBC: Eight die in Colombia Farc attack

At least eight people were killed in an attack on a civilian bus by left-wing rebels Farc in southern Colombia.

Rebels shot at the bus tyres, causing it to crash, and then opened fire on passengers and attempted to set the vehicle ablaze, the military said.

The bus was travelling in a convoy under army escort but had fallen behind as it stopped to pick up passengers.

The Farc has tried to impose a ban on the movement of all vehicles in Caqueta province for the last 10 days.

These types of actions always are especially striking to me when the group that perpetrates them is allegedly fighting for social justice.

Given that the people on that bush were almost certainly of the lower classes, I can’t see what the FARC thinks justifies the slaughter in question (not that it would be justified no matter who was on the bus).