A new attack on transportation occurred yesterday, Sunday, July 19, when, at around 10 p.m., an interprovincial bus from the CIVA company was shot by extortioners in the way Panamericana Norteat the Tres Postes whereabouts, Los Olivos district.
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A new attack on transportation occurred yesterday, Sunday, July 19, when, at around 10 p.m., an interprovincial bus from the CIVA company was shot by extortioners in the way Panamericana Norteat the Tres Postes whereabouts, Los Olivos district.
According to various media, four criminals in two motorcycles shot at the unit that carried out the Lima-Chiclayo route. One of the bullets hit the windshield of the bus, in the pilot’s cabin; fortunately, no injuries were reported.
RPP indicated that after the attack, the National Police of Peru (PNP)managed to capture two of those responsible for this crime who were found a firearmwhich will be examined to determine if it was used in the attack extortionate.
After what happened, the vehicle and its passengers were taken to the Laura Caller police stationwhile the PNP began investigations to identify those responsible and their accomplices.
Through a statement, the Association of Interprovincial Bus Passenger Transport (COTRAP APOIP) expressed its total rejection and indignation at the rising wave of criminal violence that is attacking the formal transportation after recent attacks that occurred in Puente Piedra against two units of the Cruz del Sur and del Norte company, where a driver was injured.
Along the same lines, they warned the Executive that they will evaluate the suspension of interprovincial transportation service “as an extreme measure to protect the lives of our workers and passengers.”
Criminals shoot Cruz del Sur bus.
“He formal transportation “it cannot continue operating under threat,” they told the media and state entities.
