Attack on settlers' camps in Satipo with mutilation of children
Shining Path killed more than 55 people and cut off the ears of 14 children in Satipo.
A column of approximately 200 Shining Path elements attacked eight colonist camps in the province of Satipo. They killed more than 55 people, including natives and settlers, and cut off the ears of 14 children. This massive attack exemplifies the brutality of the Shining Path against civilian populations, including the targeted mutilation of children as a form of terror.