13 killed during protests in Peru calling for immediate elections

Roads have bene blocked across Peru (Martin Mejia/AP)

At least 13 people have died in south-east Peru as protests seeking immediate elections resumed in neglected rural areas of the country still loyal to ousted president Pedro Castillo.

Peru’s top human rights agency called for an investigation into the deaths, 12 of which took place amid clashes between security forces and protesters attempting to seize control of an airport in the city of Juliaca, near the border with Bolivia.