Aussie tourists targeted in Amazon cruise heist
A group of Australian travellers are among those targeted by bandits in a brazen attack on an Amazon River cruise ship, according to Peruvian authorities.
The bold attack saw bandits on a small vessel board the Amazon Discovery tourist boat and rob passengers and crew of goods amount to $US20,000 ($A26,200).
The cruise ship had six Australian tourists onboard at the time of the attack, as well as passengers from New Zealand and the US.
Oscar Garrido-Lecca, port captain in the river city of Iquitos, told News.com.au that police were hunting through the areas to find the bandits and track down the goods.
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