The Interior Ministry of the Andean country said that armed men entered a pit in the province of Pataz on Saturday. The criminals attacked the security forces of the Poderosa mining company, took four hostages and triggered explosions. There are 15 injured and seven people have been arrested. The police reportedly brought the situation under control.
According to media reports, the attackers probably had connections to illegal mining. The prefect of the La Libertad region, Carolina Velasco, told the newspaper La República that they were suspected to be contract killers who had been hired in retaliation for the authorities’ crackdown on illegal gold mining.
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