tensions – Two loggers were killed on Thursday, August 29, during a bow and arrow attack. They were on the lands of the Mashco Piro, members of an indigenous tribe in the Peruvian Amazon.
Tensions between Amazonian Indians and loggers have taken a dramatic turn in recent days in Peru. Two loggers were killed on Thursday, August 29, with bows and arrows, after entering the lands of the Mashco Piro, members of an indigenous tribe in the Peruvian Amazon. Information provided by Fenamad, an indigenous organization pioneering the defense of the rights of the country’s indigenous populations, reports Sky News.
The police also said two other loggers were missing and another was injured in the attack. Rescue operations were said to be underway at the site.
An alert given by Fenamad
“The Peruvian State has not taken preventive and protective measures to guarantee the life and integrity of the workers who have been seriously affected,” Fenamad said in a statement on Tuesday. It recalls that the indigenous people had already attacked workers in the forestry industry in July. It adds that it had informed the Peruvian government of growing tensions in this sector, without it reacting concretely.
Fenamad’s role is to present “peaceful actions to the auto(…) - 20minutes
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