The World - News from Jan. 2, 1985
Maoist guerrillas burst into a small town in the Peruvian Andes, dragged 12 villagers form their homes and killed them, a government official said in Ayacucho. The New Year’s Eve attack on Huayhuas, 30 miles from Ayacucho in Peru’s guerrilla war zone, was the third in three days by rebels of the Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path) movement.
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