Complete database of events related to the internal armed conflict in Peru, extracted from the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (CVR). 5,159 events documented from 1817 to 2003.
On July 27, 1984, approximately 60 members of the Shining Path (PCP-SL) attacked a church in Santa Rosa, La Mar, Peru. They surrounded the church, launched dynamite, and fired at the evangelicals inside, resulting in the deaths of six evangelicals and one Catholic, with seven others injured. The attack was …
In 1981, the convent of the Carmelites in Ayacucho, Peru, was attacked amidst the violence affecting the region. Sendero Luminoso (SL) considered it not yet the time to attack the church directly, but in areas under their control, they rejected the church's work and imposed restrictions on religious activities. This …
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