The World - News from May 27, 1985
At least 2,000 people were arrested in Lima, Peru, after suspected Maoist guerrillas killed a policeman and wounded another near a candy factory in the city’s Puente Piedra district, police said. It was the third police killing blamed on Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path) guerrillas in Lima in the last 11 days. Peruvian police have arrested several thousand people in swoops throughout the capital during the last few months as Sendero Luminoso stepped up its insurgency and moved into new areas.
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