Firecracker attack in Huancayo
On May 17, 1980, PCP-SL militants threw dynamite firecrackers at the Provincial Council and an educational center in Huancayo, the same day of the attack in Chuschi that marked the beginning of the Shining Path People's War.
On May 17, 1980, the same day that in Chuschi a group of PCP-SL militants burned the ballot boxes and electoral material, initiating their 'people's war', another group of Shining Pathists threw dynamite firecrackers at the Provincial Council and the CE No. in Huancayo. This attack marked the beginning of the actions of the PCP-SL in the central region of Peru, specifically in the department of Junin. The attack was simultaneous to the Chuschi event that officially started the Shining Path's People's War.