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Peru’s Fujimori, divisive head of a political dynasty, dies age 86

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Lima | Former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori, who steered economic growth during the 1990s but was later jailed for human rights abuses stemming from a bloody war against Maoist rebels, died on Wednesday (Thursday AEST). He was aged 86.

Close colleagues visited him earlier in the day, reporting that he was in a critical condition.

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