Peru police hunt for shooter after Indonesian diplomat ‘assassinated’ in Lima

An Indonesian diplomat was shot dead in Peru’s capital as he arrived on a bicycle to his apartment building, police said on Tuesday, in what local authorities called an “assassination”.

Zetro Leonardo Purba, 40, who was attached to the Indonesian embassy in Lima, was shot three times on Monday night.

Authorities said Purba was taken to a hospital but was later declared dead. Officials did not immediately provide a motive for the shooting.

Police released footage from two surveillance cameras that show a person wearing a helmet firing twice at the diplomat, who then falls to the ground.

The images then show the suspect shooting the diplomat a third time and fleeing on a motorcycle driven by another person.

Indonesian Foreign Minister Sugiono, in a statement, called for a “thorough, transparent, and expeditious investigation, as well as the maximum possible protection for diplomatic personnel and Indonesian citizens in Peru”. Sugiono, like many Indonesians, uses a single name.