LIMA, Jan. 1 (Xinhuanet) -- At least seven people were injured when about 150 Peruvians led by a former military officer took a police station in southern Peru, demanding the resignation of President Alejandro Toledo, local radio stations reported.

The leader of the Peruvian political movement Etnocacerista, Antauro Humala, (2nd R), is surrounded by members of his group while they protest in front of Congress in Lima in this file photo from May 3, 2004. At least seven people were injured when about 150 Peruvians led by the former military officer took a police station in southern Peru, demanding the resignation of President Alejandro Toledo. £¨Reuters/file£©

    Members of the ultra-nationalist Etnocacerista Movement seized the station in Andahuaylas, an agricultural area some 400 km southeast of Lima. Five police officers and two civilians, who were presumed to be members of the movement, were injured in a shootout during the takeover.

    The leader of the attackers, Antauro Humala, told a local radio station they revolted to force the resignation of Toledo. They also demanded an end to the inflows of capital from neighboring Chile, a historic rival of Peru.

    Antauro Humala, a former army major, is the brother of Ollanta Humala, a military attache in South Korea, who was retired by the government last week. The two brothers led a military uprising in October 2000, a month before the collapse of ex-president Alberto Fujimori's government. Enditem