14 killed in Peru miners’ clash

At least 14 people were killed in a clash between groups of small-scale gold miners in Peru’s Arequipa department, the local prosecutor’s office said.

Seven bodies were found with gunshot wounds, and seven more were found on Tuesday, while more bodies could be discovered as several people remain missing, Arequipa prosecutor Maria del Rosario Lozada told local media on Wednesday.

The violence broke out June 2 in a disputed area called Huanaquita in the Atico district, Caraveli province, according to local newspaper El Comercio.

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