Interior minister says ‘they were waiting for’ official who was shot at point-blank range outside his home in killing that has shocked Peru
Peru’s government has said the fatal shooting of an Indonesian embassy official in Lima on Monday night was likely a “contract killing”.
Zetro Leonardo Purba, 40, an official at the Indonesian embassy in Peru, was shot dead outside his block of flats in Lima’s Lince neighbourhood while riding a bicycle home from work on Monday evening.
Security camera footage seen by the Guardian shows the assassin shooting the victim at point-blank range then directly in the head when he fell to the ground before escaping on the back of a waiting motorcycle. Video images show Purba’s wife at his side before he was taken to hospital where he later died.
The public prosecutor’s office and the police homicide squad were investigating the crime. Police said they were examining footage that shows the motorbike and suspects loitering around Purba’s residence, apparently waiting for the victim before the crime and during previous days.
