Spray job

A group of rebels in Colombia made a serious error during an attempt to kill a senior member of the country's government. A unit of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) intended to mark the 45th anniversary of the group's formation by killing the politician. As part of the plan, 10 FARC members dressed themselves as policemen and sprayed two motorcycles in police colours. However the terrorists painted the words Policia back to front on the petrol tanks of the motorcycles. This was spotted and
July 6, 2012 Read time: 1 min
A group of rebels in Colombia made a serious error during an attempt to kill a senior member of the country's government. A unit of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) intended to mark the 45th anniversary of the group's formation by killing the politician. As part of the plan, 10 FARC members dressed themselves as policemen and sprayed two motorcycles in police colours. However the terrorists painted the words Policia back to front on the petrol tanks of the motorcycles. This was spotted and the 10 terrorists were immediately captured.

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