Peru jails ex-soldiers for killing 71 villagers
A Peruvian court on Thursday sentenced 10 former soldiers to prison for killing 71 villagers, including 23 children in a counter-insurgency operation in Accomarca 31 years ago. Sentences of 10-25 years were handed to the soldiers involved in the operation, which is considered one of Peru's bloodiest massacres in the twenty-year internal conflict involving​ Communist militant group 'Shining Path'​.