Peru's Shining Path kills 16, including children, ahead of polls

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Sixteen people, including at least two children, have been killed in a rebel attack in Peru, the country’s defence minister has confirmed.

The Shining Path guerrilla group says it was behind the attack.

The Maoist rebel group lost much of its power after the arrest of its leader in 1992 but remnants are still active in Peru’s coca-producing region.

The government says the Shining Path has since turned into a criminal group engaged in drug trafficking.

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