Indonesia embassy official’s shooting in Lima probably a ‘contract killing’, says Peru government

Interior minister says they were waiting for' official who was shot at point-blank range outside his home in killing that has shocked Peru

Peru's government has said the fatal shooting of an Indonesian embassy official in Lima on Monday night was likely a contract killing".

Zetro Leonardo Purba, 40, an official at the Indonesian embassy in Peru, was shot dead outside his block of flats in Lima's Lince neighbourhood while riding a bicycle home from work on Monday evening.