Attack on the police post of Luchubamba
In March 1987, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso dynamited the Civil Guard post of Luchubamba, in the district of Sitacocha, Cajabamba province. The attack resulted in the death of a policeman and one of the Shining Path attackers. Later, in October of the same year, a group of fifteen hikers entered Luchubamba …