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Death toll from Peru massacre attributed to Shining Path offshoot rises to 16 2 minutes read
By Fernando Gimeno
Lima, May 25 (EFE).- The death toll from a massacre attributed to remnants of the once-powerful Shining Path guerrilla group has climbed to 16, Peru’s military said Tuesday.
The two latest victims of the early Monday mass killing were found at the crime scene after an anti-terrorism prosecutor had inspected the remote jungle area and ordered the removal of the remains, the Joint Command of the Armed Forces of Peru said in a statement.
The massacre, which occurred less than two weeks before the country’s runoff presidential election, took place at a bar in Vizcatan del Ene, a municipality located in the heart of southern Peru’s Valley of the Apurimac, Ene and Mantaro Rivers, or VRAEM, area.