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Amazon Indians raid remote Peru village | |
(about 9 hours later) | |
Authorities in Peru have decided to evacuate a remote Amazon community after it was raided by members of an indigenous tribe. | |
About 200 Mashco-Piro Indians armed with bows and arrows arrived at Monte Salvador looking for food. | About 200 Mashco-Piro Indians armed with bows and arrows arrived at Monte Salvador looking for food. |
They are said to have killed domestic animals and taken cooking pots and other metal goods. | They are said to have killed domestic animals and taken cooking pots and other metal goods. |
No-one was injured, but police say it is safer for villagers to move to a bigger town. | No-one was injured, but police say it is safer for villagers to move to a bigger town. |
This is the third time this year that the Mashco-Piro Indians have arrived in Monte Salvador searching for food and metal objects. | This is the third time this year that the Mashco-Piro Indians have arrived in Monte Salvador searching for food and metal objects. |
But last Thursday they came while most of the villagers were away and ransacked their homes before retreating into the forest. | But last Thursday they came while most of the villagers were away and ransacked their homes before retreating into the forest. |
The villagers say they also killed some of their animals. | The villagers say they also killed some of their animals. |
Two days later, the Mashco-Piro Indians returned and the villagers fled. | Two days later, the Mashco-Piro Indians returned and the villagers fled. |
The Peruvian police are sending boats to take them to Puerto Maldonado, a busy town in south-eastern Peru near the borders with Bolivia and Brazil. | The Peruvian police are sending boats to take them to Puerto Maldonado, a busy town in south-eastern Peru near the borders with Bolivia and Brazil. |
A local indigenous organisation (Fenamed) has asked the government to protect the Mashco-Piro's land, much of which has been taken over by logging concessions and drug-traffickers. | A local indigenous organisation (Fenamed) has asked the government to protect the Mashco-Piro's land, much of which has been taken over by logging concessions and drug-traffickers. |
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