Inquiry into security lapse

LIMA - Peru's highest military court began proceedings yesterday against 26 police officers blamed for the security lapse that…

LIMA - Peru's highest military court began proceedings yesterday against 26 police officers blamed for the security lapse that enabled Marxist rebels to seize the Japanese ambassador's home for four months.

The Supreme Council of Military Justice took testimony from two police colonels and will continue processing the rest in coming days, court officials said.

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