3 Slain in Possible Rebel Attack Ahead of Peru's Election

Three people were killed and six were injured early Saturday in an attack staged by suspected leftist Shining Path rebels on the eve of Peru's presidential election, authorities said. The attack, in a remote coca-growing region of the Andean nation, occurred as military officials transported materials for the election, the head of Peru's armed forces, Jorge Moscoso, told reporters. Two of the victims were military personnel and the third was a civilian driver, he said. The...

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