Police and protestors die in Peru clashes

Indians protesting oil and gas exploration on their lands battled police in Peru’s remote Amazon, with authorities and Indian leaders separately reporting nine police and 25 protester deaths.

The violence broke out before dawn as officers broke up a road blockade by some 5,000 Indians in an area called Curva del Diablo – or “Devil’s Curve” – in the northern province of Utcubamba.