Facing Arrest, Peru Ex-president Shoots Himself: Lawyer

Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published April 17, 2019 | 07:49 PM

Peru's former president Alan Garcia shot himself in the head at his home Wednesday as police were about to arrest him in a sprawling corruption case, his lawyer and hospital officials said

Lima, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 17th Apr, 2019 ) :Peru's former president Alan Garcia shot himself in the head at his home Wednesday as police were about to arrest him in a sprawling corruption case, his lawyer and hospital officials said.

The 69-year-old Garcia was undergoing surgery for "a bullet wound to his head" at the Casimiro Ulloa Emergency Hospital in Lima, the hospital said.

"This morning there was a regrettable accident: the president took the decision to shoot himself," Erasmo Reyna, Garcia's lawyer, told reporters outside the hospital.