LIMA: Two soldiers and a civilian were killed in an attack by guerrillas in the jungles of central Peru on Saturday, a day before the country's presidential election, the government said.

Six other soldiers were injured in the attack, blamed on remnants of the Shining Path communist guerrilla group, which was largely crushed in the 1990s but still has members hiding in the jungle.

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