Bombing of Vilcashuamán police station
Shining Path attack on the Vilcashuamán police post on August 22, 1982 that left seven policemen dead and several wounded. It was the worst attack suffered by this police post during that year.
On August 22, 1982, a group of armed hikers bombed the Vilcashuamán police post, resulting in the death of seven policemen and several wounded. This was the worst attack on the Vilcashuamán police post since the attacks of March 31 and July 25 of the same year. The morning after the attack, the national press arrived in Vilcashuamán along with the Minister of the Interior Gagliardi, the GC General Humberto Catter and the Chief of the GC. This attack represented the climax of the successive attacks on police posts in the area during 1982.