Bogota  - Authorities in the central Colombian region of Tolima launched Saturday an investigation into a man suspected of having fathered eight children by his own daughter.

The man, aged 58, was arrested Friday in the town of Mariquita, after a complaint was filed by his 35-year-old daughter.

According to the complaint, the man was left a widower when his daughter was just 5 years old and he started abusing her then. Her first pregnancy happened when she was only 9 years old.

Bogota  - At least five soldiers were killed Friday while attempting to clear a minefield in Colombia, the military said.

The mines were laid in Antioquia by leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebels. Authorities said they would continue their efforts to protect the region's population despite the setback.

Bogota  - Heavy rainfall in Colomb

Bogota  - A police officer and a civilian were injured Wednesday and six trucks were set ablaze in an alleged rebel attack in eastern Colombia, the authorities said.

The attack targeted a police station in the town of Tibu, in the province of Norte de Santander on the Venezuelan border.

Colonel Richard Portilla, police commander in Norte de Santander, said the injured were a police officer who was involved in the shootout with alleged members of the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and a civilian passerby.