(IPYS/IFEX) – On 26 July 2005, approximately 50 local residents involved in the take over of land assaulted a group of journalists working for several of the local media in the city of Ayacucho, central Peru, as they covered an eviction operation carried out by the police. After having been forced out of Yanamilla area, […]
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 26 July 2005, approximately 50 local residents involved in the take over of land assaulted a group of journalists working for several of the local media in the city of Ayacucho, central Peru, as they covered an eviction operation carried out by the police. After having been forced out of Yanamilla area, the assailants attacked the journalists with rocks and slingshots, for no apparent reason.
The reporters had to flee down a nearby ravine. Given the severity of the attack, the police used teargas to disperse the crowd.
