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'They shot them down like animals': Massacre at Peru's Ayacucho

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Peru's national army shot down civilians with live bullets in the outskirts of the city of Ayacucho on December 15. Ten people were killed as a result of this violence inflicted by the army, and dozens more were injured. The exceedingly violent response of the security forces to the anti-coup protests across Peru was widely condemned. A delegation of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) visited the country from December 20.-22 to receive testimonies from local human rights organisations and victims.

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'They shot them down like animals': Massacre at Peru's Ayacucho

On December 15, 2022, while helicopters flew overhead, members of Peru’s national army shot down civilians with live bullets in the outskirts of the city of Ayacucho. This action was in response to a national strike and mobilization to protest the coup d’état that deposed President Pedro Castillo on December 7.This article was produced by Globetrotter. On December 15, hundreds of university students, shopkeepers, street vendors, agricultural wor…

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‘They Shot Them Down Like Animals’: Massacre at Peru’s Ayacucho

Survivors and family members of victims of the massacre in Ayacucho on December 15 denounce that the army treated protesters like war targets, reminiscent of violence faced during the internal armed conflict.

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‘They shot them down like animals’: massacre in Peru’s Ayacucho : Peoples Dispatch

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‘They shot them down like animals’: Massacre at Peru’s Ayacucho

While helicopters flew overhead, members of Peru’s national army shot down civilians with live bullets in the outskirts of the city of Ayacucho on December 15, reports Zoe Alexandra.

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