Hikers attack on the provincial municipality of Chupaca
Hikers dynamited the premises of the provincial municipality and an educational center in Chupaca on May 17, 1980. The attack was led by comrades "Feliciano" and "Johan".
On May 17, 1980, Shining Path members, presumably led by comrades "Feliciano" and "Johan", dynamited the premises of the provincial municipality and Educational Center No. This attack is part of the chronology of political violence in the mining centers of the Central Highlands of Peru. The event marks one of the first acts of violence perpetrated by the Shining Path in the central region of the country, just days after the official start of the internal armed conflict.