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Peru pledges to investigate the ‘heinous’ killing of Indonesian diplomat

Peru's President Dina Boluarte and Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto hold a news conference in Jakarta, Indonesia, on August 11 [Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana/Reuters]

The Peruvian government has offered its condolences for the “assassination” of an Indonesian diplomat in its capital, Lima, calling the situation “lamentable” and a “heinous act”.

On Tuesday, the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement expressing its “deepest condolences and deepest condemnation” for the killing of Zetro Leonardo Purba, 40, a member of Indonesia’s diplomatic corps.

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