The World : Peruvian Lawmaker Slain

Assassins shot to death a legislator from Peru’s ruling party, the second such slaying in nine days. Pablo Li Ormeno, who represented the Lima area in the Chamber of Deputies, was slain by two men in a slum on Lima’s outskirts, the government news agency Andina said. President Alan Garcia cut short a trip to Brazil, where he was attending a summit on the Amazon, to attend Li Ormeno’s wake. No one claimed responsibility for the killing, although authorities blamed Maoist Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path) guerrillas. On April 27, congressional deputy Eriberto Arroyo was killed in an attack police blamed on the Shining Path, although the rebel group denied it was responsible.