One dead, dozens injured as #Peru 's new president faces widespread protests

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/one-dead-dozens-injured-perus-new-president-faces-widespread-protests-2025-10-16/

> The government will declare a state of emergency in #Lima within hours and is preparing a package of measures to tackle rising insecurity, Prime Minister Ernesto Alvarez said late on Thursday in a press conference.

> Later on Thursday, the head of Peru's national police (PNP), Oscar Arriola told reporters that Luis Magallanes, a member of the force, had been physically assaulted and carried out the shooting. Arriola added that Magallanes was being treated in hospital and had been removed from his duties.