| Peru 2005 |
| Province of occurrence Huanuco Ayachuco Huanuco n/a |
| Number of deaths 3 police 5 police 8 police 3 security forces |
| Date 20/2-05 5/12-05 20/12-05 20/12-05 |
| Description of clashes A Sendero Luminoso column killed three policemen in an attack. (AFP) Five police officers died in an ambush by susp. guerillas near San Francisco, Ayacucho province. (AFP) Eight policemen were killed in an ambush by Sendero Luminoso in Huanuco province. (BBC) Shining Path has this year killed at least 19 police and soldiers. (Reuters) |
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| Briefs "The expansion of violence by the SL also took its toll on the armed forces. Thirty-one military and forty-five police members were killed in political violence in 1985; in 1990 there were 135 military fatalities and 163 police deaths." Library of Congress Country Studies, chapter on Peru. |