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Bogota mayor condemns 'indiscriminate use of force' by Colombian police during violent protests

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Bogota mayor Claudia Lopez denounces "the indiscriminate use of force" and the use of firearms by police during violent protests in the Colombian capital and other cities that broke out following the death of a man repeatedly tasered by police, in which seven people were killed and hundreds wounded. SOUNDBITE

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