First Posted: May 24, 2021 08:51 PM EDT
Peru s military confirmed at least 14 deaths in the massacre that took place in a remote region of the country, weeks before the upcoming polls of presidential elections. Al Jazeera reported that the massacre took the lives of 14 people on Sunday, including two children.
Peru s military blamed the group Shining Path for being responsible for the killings which they label as an act of genocide. However, the Military also reassured Peruvians of a secure electoral process in the coming weeks. The military furthered that the group responsible for the killings labeled such acts to be social cleansing.