Thursday, November 27, 2008

4 Peru Police Killed In Ambush By Suspected Rebels

From Yahoo News/AP:

LIMA, Peru – Peru's defense minister says suspected rebels armed with machine guns and grenades ambushed a police patrol in Peru's central jungle, killing four officers and wounding five others.

Lima-based RPP radio is reporting that about 40 leftist Shining Path rebels attacked the four-car police convoy in the cocaine-producing Huallaga valley on a highway outside Tingo Maria, a city 200 miles northeast of Lima.

RPP says that 12 police officers are missing after Wednesday's ambush.

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