mosfeld
4th August 2009, 14:53
'Shining Path' kills five in southern Peru
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Three police officers and two women have been killed in an attack on a police post in southern Peru, according to officials.
The incident happened in San Jose de Secce in Ayacucho province on Sunday.
Three more officers were also wounded in the assault police Maj. Quispe Gonzales told The Associated Press.
Authorities say attackers believed to be Shining Path, a Peruvian rebel group involved in drug trafficking.
Police said around 50 fighters attacked the base between midnight and dawn, with explosives and firearms.
The Shining Path rebel group collapsed in the early 1990s after about a two-decade rebellion. But some members of the group are still active, especially in main coca-farming regions.
Authorities accuse the rebel group of involvement in the country's drug trade and of using the profits to fund its cause.
In April, the remnants of the group killed 13 soldiers in an attack to an army base in the Ayacucho region.
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Five dead in Peru 'Shining Path' attack
LIMA: Three policemen and two civilians have been killed in an overnight raid on a special forces base in southern Peru, which the government has blamed on once-powerful Maoist guerrillas.
Police on Sunday said around 50 guerrillas attacked the base in San Jose de Secce between midnight and dawn, using explosives and firearms.
The bodies of five victims, including two women, were transferred by military helicopter to the nearby Andean city of Ayacucho, 300 kilometers (200 miles) south east of the capital Lima.
The Ayacucho area was among the hardest hit during the Shining Path's insurgency in the 1980s and is now a hub for Peru's illicit trade in drugs.
In April, President Alan Garcia vowed Tuesday to "crush" the remnants of the rebel group after ambushes killed 14 soldiers in the remote southeast jungles of the country, the worst rebel attacks in 10 years.
Peruvian officials have blamed the recent attacks on remnants of the Maoist group -- also known by its Spanish name, Sendero Luminoso -- who have allied with drug traffickers in the region.
http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=84167
http://www.presstv.ir/photo/20090803/gholami20090803080921203.jpg
Three police officers and two women have been killed in an attack on a police post in southern Peru, according to officials.
The incident happened in San Jose de Secce in Ayacucho province on Sunday.
Three more officers were also wounded in the assault police Maj. Quispe Gonzales told The Associated Press.
Authorities say attackers believed to be Shining Path, a Peruvian rebel group involved in drug trafficking.
Police said around 50 fighters attacked the base between midnight and dawn, with explosives and firearms.
The Shining Path rebel group collapsed in the early 1990s after about a two-decade rebellion. But some members of the group are still active, especially in main coca-farming regions.
Authorities accuse the rebel group of involvement in the country's drug trade and of using the profits to fund its cause.
In April, the remnants of the group killed 13 soldiers in an attack to an army base in the Ayacucho region.
AGB/DT
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=102341§ionid=351020706
Five dead in Peru 'Shining Path' attack
LIMA: Three policemen and two civilians have been killed in an overnight raid on a special forces base in southern Peru, which the government has blamed on once-powerful Maoist guerrillas.
Police on Sunday said around 50 guerrillas attacked the base in San Jose de Secce between midnight and dawn, using explosives and firearms.
The bodies of five victims, including two women, were transferred by military helicopter to the nearby Andean city of Ayacucho, 300 kilometers (200 miles) south east of the capital Lima.
The Ayacucho area was among the hardest hit during the Shining Path's insurgency in the 1980s and is now a hub for Peru's illicit trade in drugs.
In April, President Alan Garcia vowed Tuesday to "crush" the remnants of the rebel group after ambushes killed 14 soldiers in the remote southeast jungles of the country, the worst rebel attacks in 10 years.
Peruvian officials have blamed the recent attacks on remnants of the Maoist group -- also known by its Spanish name, Sendero Luminoso -- who have allied with drug traffickers in the region.
http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=84167