More than dozen slain in Peru, allegedly by Shining Path
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More than a dozen slain in Peru, allegedly by Shining Path
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More than dozen slain in Peru, allegedly by Shining Path
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LIMA, Peru (AP) More than a dozen people were slain in a remote area of central Peru by suspected members of the Shining Path rebel group, just two weeks ahead of the presidential runoff election, authorities said Monday.
Peru s police chief, César Cervantes, told the local TV channel N that at least 18 people were killed, while the military said in a press release there were 14 victims.
The killings took place in a community in Vizcatan de Ene, which is in an area of the Peruvian Amazon that authorities believe is being used as a hideout by remnants of the Shining Path movement that battled the government in the 1980s and 1990s.