Overview
- In Comas, surveillance video shows a robber shooting a 14-year-old dog named Apolo after it lunged to protect its owner on Jirón Huascarán in Collique.
- The assailant fled in a red mototaxi later found abandoned, which neighbors set on fire, as the National Police opened an investigation to identify the shooter.
- In Máncora, witnesses say a man in alleged intoxication fatally stabbed a dog named Spire; he is identified as Germán Alberto López Noreña, a Colombian citizen.
- Residents gathered at the Máncora police station to demand charges and to prevent any release, while the suspect remains detained at the precinct.
- Animal-rescue group Semillas de Amor is providing legal accompaniment, and Peru’s Law 30407 allows prison terms of up to five years when cruelty causes an animal’s death.