Rebels with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) fired at a small police station in La Julia -- a town near La Uribe, some 500 kilometers (300 miles) south of Bogota -- killing the pair late Friday, said Meta department police chief Tulio Avendano.
Other police officers at the station were unscathed.
Soldiers and police were chasing after the guerrillas, who fled into a jungle region.
La Uribe was part of a Switzerland-sized demilitarized zone that former president Andres Pastrana (1998-2002) granted to the FARC in hopes of reaching a peace deal with the group. Soldiers moved into the area when peace talks broke down in 2002.
On Thursday, an explosion wounded 29 Colombian soldiers while they were on patrol in an eastern region of the country bordering Venezuela, an attack the military also attributed to the FARC.
The FARC, which has been at war with the Colombian government since 1964, has between 7,000 and 11,000 fighters. (*)
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