Attack on Huancasancos during the Corpus Christi festival
PCP-Sendero Luminoso attack on Huancasancos during the Corpus Christi festival that left 8 dead and 30 wounded, including the chief captain of the military base. The attack was part of the Shining Path's response against communities that had rebelled against their control.
On June 24, 1984, during the celebration of the feast of Corpus Christi, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso carried out an armed incursion against the town of Huancasancos. The attack resulted in thirty wounded and eight dead, among them the chief captain of the military base installed in the place. This attack took place in a context of intensified violence, after Huancasancos had rebelled against Shining Path control in 1983. After this incursion, the police post was replaced by a military base that remained in place until 1994.