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

‘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.

‘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.

'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…

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

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.