Peru - Homemade bomb attack on home of journalist who covers corruption

Reporters without borders

A homemade bomb badly damaged journalist Edvan Ríos Chanca's home in Huancayo, in the central region of Junín, at dawn yesterday, shaking but not injuring its four inhabitants, one of them a child, according to regional newspapers and the Press and Society Institute (IPYS), which defends freedom of expression and information. “We condemn this attack and demand a full investigation into its origin and perpetrators,” Reporters Without Borders said. “Some newspapers say the police think the bombing (...)

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