Fujimori Backer Slain in Market
Masked gunmen killed a member of President Alberto Fujimori’s party Saturday in the first slaying of a politician since Fujimori began his military-backed crackdown a week ago.
The attack against Roberto Lui Wu, a congressional deputy, apparently carried out by leftist guerrillas, raised concerns about a possible violent backlash to Fujimori’s attempts to control dissent and crush drug traffickers and rebels.
Wu was killed with three shots as he ate lunch in a market with his son. Two people at nearby tables were also killed, witnesses said.
Witnesses said there were at least six attackers, all wearing ski masks. Wu was a member of Fujimori’s small Cambio 90 party, organized during Fujimori’s election campaign in 1990.
Former President Alan Garcia, in hiding since Fujimori’s power move, called for civil disobedience in a letter to militants of his APRA party, whose members are believed to be well armed.
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