What the records say
- When
- 3 Apr 1983
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 69
- Coordinates
- 13.81° S, 74.35° W
- Description
- massacre perpetrated by the Shining Path in 1983
1983 Lucanamarca massacre
Massacre perpetrated by the Shining Path in 1983
On 3 April 1983, Shining Path rebels killed 69 people in and around the town of Lucanamarca in the Department of Ayacucho, Peru. Shining Path carried out the massacre in reprisal for the killing of its local commander by villagers earlier in the year.
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