Massacre in a community and forced recruitment of children by Sendero

At approximately 4:00 a.m., Shining Path terrorists had almost finished killing all the inhabitants of one community, including small children and infants. The terrorists commented: 'only the intelligent ones will be left here, and those who are not, will die'. They proceeded to interrogate the surviving children about their knowledge. Maria, who knew the 5 vowels, was considered 'intelligent' and selected to be taken as the future leader of the group. Of the 300 people killed, only approximately 10 children remained and were forcibly recruited.