Click to play videoNew Delhi: After the devastating earthquake that shook Peru, the survivors are now combating inadequate relief work.
Several survivors were injured after angry mobs clashed with the police at Ica on Friday.
The locals wanted access to the food stored at a supermarket and tried to force it open. Police fired warning shots to disperse the crowd.
Shortage of adequate food, water and medical aid has become acute in several parts of the country following the earthquake.
The Pacific coast city of Pisco, one of the hardest hit by the quake, suffered so many deaths that families squabbled in a graveyard over spots to bury their dead.
With the death toll still rising from a magnitude 8.0 earthquake that struck south of the capital Lima on Wednesday evening, a powerful aftershock renewed panic on Friday and some people sprinted away from food lines in Pisco.
People in dusty clothes, distraught after two nights without shelter, bemoaned a lack of medical attention and emergency supplies.
On the outskirts of Pisco, small groups blocked the road, stopping and looting aid trucks arriving from Lima.
President Alan Garcia visited the disaster area, promising food and water but also warning that the government would go after looters.
"The state protects but the state also maintains order," he said.
Countries throughout Latin America, as well as the United States and European nations, were sending or have pledged aid.
(With agency inputs)
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