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297:, where the mine, Las Bambas, owned by China's MMG Ltd., is under construction. The state of emergency applies to six provinces. Suspending civil liberties and authorizing military patrols, the government announced that more troops would be sent to ApurĂmac "to restore internal peace". Interior Minister JosĂ© Luis PĂ©rez Guadalupe said radical groups from outside the area had provoked the clashes.
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262:, while ExaltaciĂłn HuamanĂ (30) succumbed to death at Challhuahuacho hospital. Likewise, 23 other people, including eight policemen, were injured in ensuing clashes. Officials say ambulances couldn't reach the local clinic following the attack because police also shot at a vehicle carrying doctors.
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