Peruvian journalist Susy Aponte Polo, known as “China Polo,” was shot dead while campaigning for political office, according to Al Jazeera. The report describes her as a journalist who was also running for office.
Polo’s death followed her public disclosure that she had received death threats. Al Jazeera said the threats came after she investigated a police chief, connecting the warning to the work she had been pursuing as a journalist.
The journalist was killed one week after revealing the threats, the report said. It did not provide further details about the circumstances of the shooting, identify a suspected assailant or say whether anyone had been arrested.
The account also did not include information about the police investigation into Polo’s death or describe any official response. The available report establishes the timing of the killing and its reported connection to threats related to her investigation, but does not provide additional findings.
Polo’s death combines her roles as a journalist and political candidate: she was attacked while campaigning, after reporting that she had been threatened over scrutiny of a police chief. Al Jazeera was the source of the information provided.