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Student Killed in Anti-War Protest in Colombia Wednesday

Carlos Geovanny Blanco Leguzamo was studying medicine at Colombia's National University. Yesterday he was shot dead during an anti-war protest in Bogota.

Carlos Geovanny Blanco Leguzamo was studying medicine at Colombia's National University. Yesterday he was shot dead during an anti-war protest in Bogota.

A group of students were protesting the bombings in Afganistan when police responded to the demo with violence. A group of students were confronting police forces who had invaded university campus when Carlos was shot at around noon. A police commander denies police are responsible for the shooting but a number of witnesses confirm the shot came from behind police lines. Police occupied the campus for the whole afternoon. By night a lot of students were camping in the university and preparing protests for Thursday. The University will be closed today and tomorrow.

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