Rising fuel prices linked to Ukraine: Peru protest death toll hits five

Toll over surging fuel and fertiliser prices in the Andean country reaches five after a man is killed in fresh clashes in Ica, some 300 kilometres south of Lima, officials say.

Peruvian authorities have said that a fifth person died in the ongoing anti-government protests sparked by rising fuel prices, a sign of how the global energy crunch linked to Ukraine is stoking unrest in countries around the world.
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