警员在哥伦比亚革命武装力量的攻击中丧生

 　　BOGOTA, July 15 (Xinhua) -- A police officer was killed and another seriously injured by a homemade grenade launched by members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebel group in the northwest city of Quibdo, police said Monday.

　　Jesus Paredes, chief of police in the department (state) of Choco, where Quibdo is located, said the attack occurred Sunday night when FARC rebels lobbed a grenade at the police station, then escaped on motorcycle.

　　Police are searching for the suspects, he said.

　　Paredes said that the head of the local highway police, Luis Lopez, was killed in the attack, and a female police officer was seriously injured and taken to a hospital in nearby Medellin.

　　"Approximately at 8:09 p.m. local time (01:09 GMT), FARC terrorists threw a homemade explosive device that exploded inside the municipal transit¹ office, where there were police personnel," said Paredes.

　　The explosion caused damage to the office, which was the target of another attack eight months ago.

　　The government of President Juan Manuel Santos is currently in peace talks with the FARC leadership in Havana to end five decades of armed conflict, but neither side has agreed to a truce².

1 transit   

n.经过，运输；vt.穿越，旋转；vi.越过

参考例句：

• His luggage was lost in transit.他的行李在运送中丢失。
• The canal can transit a total of 50 ships daily.这条运河每天能通过50条船。

2 truce   

n.休战，(争执，烦恼等的)缓和；v.以停战结束

参考例句：

• The hot weather gave the old man a truce from rheumatism.热天使这位老人暂时免受风湿病之苦。
• She had thought of flying out to breathe the fresh air in an interval of truce.她想跑出去呼吸一下休战期间的新鲜空气。