Police cover-up behind Amazon clashes?

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The police say they were attacked by spear-wielding indigenous protesters; the indigenous protesters say they were subject to a massacre at the hands of the authorities. Dozens have been killed, but the public still doesn't know what really happened on the morning of June 5 in Peru's Bagua province.

The crackdown began in the early morning of June 5 when 400 police troops stormed a roadblock staged by indigenous activists protesting a trade agreement which allows foreign companies to drill for oil and gas in the area. The protesters say that the agreement will lead to destruction of the land.

The authorities reported the incident as a gruesome rebellion in which 25 policemen were murdered and nine civilians killed, after which 43 were arrested.

The protesters and their supporters however, say that dozens of indigenous people were shot dead by police, hundreds more injured and more than 150 have gone missing in what they describe as a massacre ...

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