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.
As a symbolic act announcing the beginning of military actions against the APRA government, the MRTA threw a grenade against one of the balconies of the Government Palace, where Alan Garcia usually made his public appearances.
A Shining Path militant climbed onto the roof of the Comercio hotel, located next to the Cordano, and threw a bomb with a slingshot onto the roof of the Government Palace. This attack broke the first media agreement not to give front page coverage to terrorist acts, due to the …
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