Peru's ex-president shoots self at arrest

Updated April 17 2019 - 11:33pm, first published 11:30pm
Peru's former president Alan Garcia, accused of graft, shot himself as police tried to arrest him.
Peru's former president Alan Garcia, accused of graft, shot himself as police tried to arrest him.

Peru's former president Alan Garcia has shot himself after police arrived at his home in the capital Lima to arrest him in connection with a bribery investigation, a police source says.

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