Peruvian presidential hopeful Rafael Belaunde escaped unharmed after gunmen attacked his car near Lima. Photo / X
Peruvian presidential hopeful Rafael Belaunde escaped unharmed after gunmen attacked his car near Lima. Photo / X
Peruvian presidential hopeful Rafael Belaunde has escaped bloodied but not seriously hurt from an attack by gunmen on his car south of the capital Lima, police said.
Gunmen on a motorbike fired several shots at the SUV in which the 50-year-old politician was a passenger.
Bullets shattered the windscreen,leaving Belaunde with bloodstains on his face and shirt from cuts caused by broken glass, according to TV images.
Gun shots at Rafael Belaunde's car. Photo / X
In a statement on X, police said neither Belaunde nor his driver was badly injured in the attack on Tuesday (local time) in the town of Cerro Azul, about 130km south of Lima.
“Shots were fired at the vehicle and at him,” police chief Oscar Arriola told reporters.
The politician told police he had not received any threats.
Belaunde, a former energy minister and founder of the right-wing Libertad Popular (Popular Liberty) party, is the grandson of two-term ex-president Fernando Belaunde.
