Violence erupts over Chinese mine in Peru

LIMA: Two people were killed and eight injured in a shootout on Wednesday as Peruvian police tried to arrest a suspect for attacking a mining project owned by Chinese company Zijin, police said on Thursday.

Authorities said they arrested two suspects for the assault in November that killed three workers at the Rio Blanco copper development, but were fired upon as they tried to arrest a third suspect.

Zijin's $1.4-billion Rio Blanco project has locked local communities and companies in a bitter environmental dispute marred by violence.