Peru rebels hit again in deadliest year since 1990s

Peru rebels hit again in deadliest year since 1990s

The Shining Path rebel group killed one soldier in an attack on a helicopter and wounded two others, Peru's army said on Monday after its bloodiest year fighting the guerrillas since the early 1990s.

Suspected insurgents fired on a supply helicopter on Sunday in Vizcatan, a mountainous jungle area with coca plantations 372 miles (600 km) southeast of Lima, the capital. Its fuselage was damaged and one soldier on the ground was struck by bullets and died while trying to defend it.