Bomb in Peruvian Market Injures 22
- Share via
AYACUCHO, Peru — Suspected Maoist Shining Path guerrillas Saturday lobbed a bomb into a marketplace in the Andean city of Ayacucho, injuring 22 people on the eve of municipal elections to be held in many Peruvian towns, witnesses said.
The Shining Path has declared an “armed strike” in several provinces in a bid to disrupt the voting.
Several children were among the injured, and two people were in serious condition, witnesses said.
More From the Los Angeles Times
Podcasts
The latest effort is coming from the L.A. County Board of Supervisors. They just announced a $3 million program in conjunction with some nonprofits groups to test and clean the soil at homes still standing in the areas impacted by the Eaton Fire.
California once bet big on offshore wind to help power its clean-energy future, but the Trump administration is now paying developers billions to walk away from their projects. As California’s remaining offshore-wind leases hang in the balance, the state is fighting back in court.
The Hillside Strangler murders terrorized Los Angeles in the late 1970s. The killers were a pair of sadistic cousins. One confessed. The other was set to stand trial—until L.A. prosecutors flinched.
