25/06/2011 11:46
At least 3 dead as protesters clash with police in Peru
Peruvian authorities say three people are dead and 15 wounded after police fired on mostly indigenous protesters when they tried to storm a provincial airport in the country's southern highlands, AP reported.
Dr. Percy Casaperalta says gunfire killed three men. The doctor was evacuating the wounded Friday at Manco Capac airport near the city of Juliaca in Puno state. Casaperalta says at least 4,000 protesters were involved.
Police could not be reached for comment.
The mostly Aymara Indian activists have been protesting since May 9 against a planned silver mine owned by a Canadian company and a proposed hydroelectric project that would mostly benefit neighboring Brazil.