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Chinese Embassy in Peru: No Chinese citizen was injured and only one passport was robbed in the robbery

February 21, 2019 12:28 | Source: People's Daily Online - International Channel
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 Screenshot of the official website of the Chinese Embassy in Peru
Screenshot of the official website of the Chinese Embassy in Peru

People's Daily News According to the website of the Chinese Embassy in Peru, on the evening of February 19 local time, the Inkaterra Hotel in Madre de Dios, Peru, was robbed by about ten gunmen. After learning this, the Chinese Embassy in Peru immediately launched the emergency mechanism and immediately contacted the Peruvian police, the hotel and the local travel agency to learn about the situation.

According to preliminary understanding, there were 41 Chinese tourists in the hotel who were staying with a tour group from Hong Kong at that time. The robbers killed a Peruvian tour guide and robbed his property before escaping. So far, no Chinese citizen was injured or killed in this incident, only one tourist's passport was robbed. Peru is mobilizing a large number of police to pursue criminals. The Chinese Embassy in Peru has asked the secret police to do a good job of security protection for Chinese tourists.

The Chinese Embassy in Peru will continue to follow the development of the incident, and remind Chinese citizens in Peru to improve their security awareness. In case of emergency, please call the police and contact the Chinese Embassy in Peru or the Global Consular Protection and Service Emergency Call Center of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Police and emergency call in Peru: 105, 117

24-hour consular protection hotline of the Embassy in Peru:+51-995203968

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs Global Consular Protection and Service Emergency Call Center 12308 hotline:+86-10-12308 or+86-10-59913991

(Editor in charge: Jia Wenting, Yang Mu)

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