Peru Rebels Massacre 37 in Mountain Village
<i> Reuters</i>
LIMA, Peru —
In another outbreak of violence linked to guerrilla groups, Marxist revolutionaries massacred residents of a remote mountain village, killing 37 and injuring five, the military said.
About 150 Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path) rebels attacked Santo Tomas de Pata on Saturday in apparent reprisal for the village’s effort to organize a defense force against the rebels, who are trying to promote a Marxist revolution in Peru, a captain in the Peruvian military said Tuesday.
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