Peru s Shining Path rebels kill at least 16 ahead of vote: Military
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Peru s Shining Path rebels kill at least 16 ahead of vote: Military
Reuters / Updated: May 25, 2021, 22:26 IST
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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. Photo: Reuters
LIMA: Leftist Shining Path militants killed at least 16 people, including two children, in a remote region of Peru known for coca production and burned some of the bodies beyond recognition, the military said on Monday. Pamphlets encouraging Peruvians to refrain from voting in the June 6 presidential election were found at the site of Sunday s massacre, the joint command of Peru s armed forces said in a statement.
Leftist Shining Path militants killed at least 14 people, including two children, in a remote region of Peru known for coca production and burned some of the bodies beyond recognition, the military said on Monday.
At least 14 people were killed in Peru before the presidential election Peru News
A deadly attack in a remote region of Peru known for coca production occurred two weeks before the second round of the presidency.
At least 14 people have been killed, including two children, in a remote region of Peru known for coca production, the military said Monday, before voters went to the polls for the second presidential election.
Peruvian police chief César Cervantes told local TV channel N that at least 18 people had been killed, and the military said in a note that there were 14 victims.
“I strongly condemn the killings of these 14 people,” said Peru’s interim president Francisco Sagasti he tweeted on Monday, he ordered army and police patrols in the area to “prevent this terrorist act from going unpunished.”