Sunday, April 12, 2009

The rebels killed 13 soldiers in the south-eastern Peru.

Maoist rebels groups Shining Path "(Sendero luminoso) organized the attack on the army of Peru, leaving 13 people dead, two wounded and another missing, passes on Sunday Agence France-Presse.
On the attack told Defense Minister Antero Flores Araos Peru (Antero Flores Araoz). According to him, the incident in the south-east of the country have occurred on Thursday, but due to the inaccessibility of the region, and a bad connection, it became known only now.
The rebels organized an ambush and used grenades and dynamite, the minister said, the majority of dead soldiers "fell from a cliff." Other circumstances of the attack the Maoists Flores Araos not reported, but noted that what happened "in no way break the morale of the army."
It reminds the agency, "Shining Path" was once the most powerful rebel group in Peru, but during the rule of Alberto Fujimori, has suffered significant losses. The murder of 13 soldiers was the largest act of the Maoists, whom the authorities suspect of involvement in drug smuggling. Meanwhile, for war crimes against rebel groups Fujimori was last week sentenced to 25 years in prison.

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