Overview

• Zetro Leonardo Purba, 40, an official at Indonesia’s embassy in Lima, was shot three times while arriving by bicycle at his apartment and later died at a hospital.
• Police released surveillance video showing a helmeted gunman firing at Purba near his building entrance and fleeing on a motorcycle driven by an accomplice.
• Peru’s interior minister told Congress the attack bore the hallmarks of a contract killing, noting nothing was stolen and the assailants appeared to have waited for the victim, as prosecutors and the homicide squad lead the probe.
• Peru’s foreign ministry offered condolences, vowed a thorough investigation, and increased protection for Indonesian diplomatic staff, while Indonesia’s foreign minister pressed for a rigorous, transparent, and expeditious inquiry.
• The national police chief suggested the attackers could be foreign and a settling of scores was possible, a theory Indonesian officials questioned, and the case unfolds as official data show sharp increases in homicides and extortion this year.