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Earlier this year 17 Awa people were killed in an attack blamed on Farc rebels, with 10 others being murdered a week later. File photo
Twelve members of an indigenous tribe Awa have been massacred by armed men in a Colombian area notorious for its cocaine trade.
Five children were among those killed in the dawn attack by hooded men in uniforms at an Indian reservation in the south-west province of Narino, the BBC reported citing local authorities.
Officials said a man and a boy were wounded in the shooting but escaped.
The armed men shot the members of a family in two houses in the Gran Rosario reserve, about 80km inland from the port of Tumaco in Narino state.
Marxist rebels and armed right-wing groups are active in the area, home to large numbers of coca plantations.
About 1 500 members of the Awa live on the reservation.
Earlier this year 17 Awa people were killed in an attack blamed on Farc rebels, with 10 others being murdered a week later.
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