Peru S Ex President Ordered To Remain In Custody For 18 Months As Death Toll From Protests Rises To 12 Peru
Four people were killed and 39 injured on Thursday in Ayacucho, in Peru’s southern Andes, as protesters clashed with soldiers and police, the local health authority confirmed. The country’s Office of the Ombudsman for Human Rights issued a statement calling on the armed forces to “immediately stop the use of firearms and helicopter-launched tear gas.” Videos on social media from the scene of the protests in Ayacucho showed soldiers using firearms on the streets of the city as protesters threw stones and stormed the airport....