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| Subject: Vicious savages emerge from Peru's forest Thu Mar 19, 2015 11:56 pm | |
| ...But the encounters can also turn violent.
In December, Peruvian authorities evacuated two small villages after some 200 Mashco-Piro attacked them with bows and arrows, killing residents' livestock and pets and carting off food, pots, pans, machetes and rope.
In 2010, the Mashco-Piro were accused of wounding a teenager with a spear, and in 2012 of killing a local guide with a bamboo-tipped arrow.
Peru's culture ministry has voiced concern the encounters could be deadly for the Mashco-Piro, too.
https://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/26699373/isolated-tribe-ventures-out-of-threatened-peru-forests/ |
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