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Extremist massacre hits polarized Peruvian electoral campaign 2 minutes read By Alvaro Mellizo Lima, May 24 (EFE).- A brutal extremist massacre reportedly caused by remnants of Peru’s Shining Path rebels in a remote jungle region marred the country’s electoral campaign and brought to mind the political violence of decades past. Sources from the Joint Command of the Armed Forces confirmed the death of 14 people including two minors whose bodies had been burned, in a remote town in the jung...

Story highlights The killings late on Sunday risk inflaming tensions amid a polarised campaign for the presidency between leftist Pedro Castillo and his rival from the right, Keiko Fujimori Two children and 16 adults were shot dead in a remote coca-growing area of Peru, the armed forces said on Monday, blaming the attack on members of the Shining Path guerrilla group.  The killings late on Sunday risk inflaming tensions amid a polarised campaign for the presidency between leftist Pedro Castill...

Peru: Over a dozen killed in attack ahead of presidential vote dw.com 2 hrs ago dw.com Over a dozen people were killed at two bars in attacks carried out by suspected Shining Path rebels. Pamphlets warning people not to take part in the 2021 election were left at the scene. © Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo/picture alliance A specialized terrorism unit was tasked with investigating the attack More than a dozen people were killed in a remote area of central Peru known for coca producti...

BBC News Published image captionThe attack happened in the Valley of the Rivers Apurímac, Ene and Matero (VRAEM) Sixteen people, including at least two children, have been killed in a rebel attack in Peru, the countrys defence minister has confirmed. The Shining Path guerrilla group says it was behind the attack. The Maoist rebel group lost much of its power after the arrest of its leader in 1992 but remnants are still active in Perus coca-producing region. The government says the Shining Pat...

news Perus Shining Path kills 16, including children © AFP The attack happened in the Valley of the Rivers Apurímac, Ene and Matero (VRAEM) Sixteen people, including at least two children, have been killed in a rebel attack in Peru, the countrys defence minister has confirmed. The Shining Path guerrilla group says it was behind the attack. The Maoist rebel group lost much of its power after the arrest of its leader in 1992 but remnants are still active in Perus coca-producing region. The g...

Over a dozen people were killed at two bars in attacks carried out by suspected Shining Path rebels. Pamphlets warning people not to take part in the 2021 election were left at the scene.

Raul Sifuentes/Getty Images 25 May 2021 Military officials identified the believed-to-be-defunct Marxist terrorist organization Shining Path on Monday as the party responsible for the massacre of 18 people, including at least four children, this weekend in southern Peru. Founded in the 1960s and peaking in terrorist activity in the 1980s, Shining Path is a Maoist, communist organization dedicated to the destruction of the Peruvian state. The government of former President Alberto Fujimori captu...

2 Min Read FILE PHOTO: Shining Path founder Abimael Guzman and his wife and second leader Elena Iparraguirre attend a trial during sentence of a 1992 Shining Path car bomb case in Miraflores, at a high security naval prison in Callao, Peru September 11, 2018. Picture taken through a window. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo/File Photo LIMA (Reuters) - Peru’s interim president said on Tuesday there will be “no impunity” for the authors of a massacre of 16 Peruvians in a jungle region known for cocaine ...

An Illinois marijuana equity bill heads for a House floor vote, a loosening of medical marijuana regulations during the pandemic may be made permanent in Pennsylvania, the Texas legislature advances bills to reduce penalties for pot concentrates and to study the therapeutic use of psychedelics, and more. The Shining Path is suspected of massacring villagers in a coca-producing region of Peru. (Pixabay) Marijuana Policy Illinois Marijuana Equity Licensing Bill Heads to House Floor. A bill design...

Brussels has banned Belarusian aircraft from EU airspace and airports, leveled new sanctions at government officials and also demanded the release of journalist, Raman Pratasevich.