Peru - Photographer slain in Lima, police urged to explore link to work

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders urges those investigating newspaper photographer Luis Choy Yin Sandoval's murder to examine a possible link to his work. Employed by El Comercio, Choy, 40, was gunned down outside his Lima home on 23 February amid a surge in violence against media personnel in Peru. Choy was about to drive out of his garage when another vehicle blocked his way. Despite some variation in witness accounts, it has been established that a man got out of the other vehicle, exchanged a (...)

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