The World - News from Feb. 4, 1986
Suspected leftist rebels, aided by a power blackout before dawn, dynamited more than a dozen political and banking targets in downtown Lima, wounding three people and causing substantial damage. One of the blasts tore off the leg of a guard at the offices of Peruvian President Alan Garcia’s political party, the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance. No arrests were reported, and no group claimed responsibility for the attacks. However, responsibility for many recent urban bombings has been claimed by the Tupac Amaru guerrilla group. Another leftist rebel band, the Maoist-influenced Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path), has terrorized the countryside.
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