Wave of violence in Colombia

A wave of violence in Colombia has left at least sixteen people dead and four kidnapped.

Eight people were killed in two separate attacks by right-wing paramilitaries, and a further eight were killed by suspected guerrillas.

Police say they captured six paramilitaries after one attack. Violent clashes between right and left-wing rebels over territorial control have increased in the wake of government plans to grant a demilitarised zone to the guerrilla group the National Liberation Army, or ELN.

From the newsroom of the BBC World Service