Article 5J7AT Peru: Shining Path splinter group kills 14 in pre-election jungle massacre

Peru: Shining Path splinter group kills 14 in pre-election jungle massacre

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Dan Collynsin Lima
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  • Two children among dead in remote hamlet
  • Leaflets threaten voters for rightwing candidate Keiko Fujimori

At least 14 people, including two children, have been killed by a splinter group of the Shining Path rebel group, in a brutal attack on a remote jungle hamlet, according to Peru's military.

Leaflets reportedly scattered at the site of Sunday's massacre warned locals to boycott upcoming presidential elections next month and said anyone who voted for the rightwing candidate Keiko Fujimori would be considered a traitor".

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