Rebels suspected of killing Peru police officers in ambush
At around 2:30 a.m. police were patrolling an area known for drug trafficking in the Ayacucho province when, according to the Associated Press, “attackers opened fire on their vehicle from both sides of a highway…�
A national police communiqué told the UK Associated Press that “the Shining Path Rebels are suspected of the killing of the four highway police officers.�
The Shining Rebels are known around the area as “narcoterrorists,� who work with local drug traffickers who pay the Shining Rebels for protection.
According the Associated Press, “One officer died in the attack, two died from gunshot wounds in a hospital and the fourth was in critical condition, police said.�
Interior Minister Remigio Hernani told the UK Associated Press that “the attackers may have been retaliating for police seizures of drugs.�
The US Associated Press’s story provided more background information on the history of Shining Path Rebels, which was useful because I had never heard of them. Also the term “narcoterrorists� was explained which was helpful.