Shining Path vows return to terror
The fabled Shining Path terror group has vowed to return to violence in Peru if its political demands are not met.
The group started its campaign of violence some 24 years ago, bringing chaos to the country and having a serious effect on its tourist industry, but its reign of terror declined in the 1990’s following the capture of its founder Abimael Guzman.
Now, according to the BBC News website, the group has given the Peruvian government 60 days to give an amnesty to some of its imprisoned leaders – or it will “renew armed activities”, including sabotage and assassinations.
The website quotes Peru’s interior ministry as saying that the government will respond “dramatically and swiftly” to the threat.
Though the terror group has been relatively quiet in recent years, it was blamed for the March 2002 bombing near the US embassy in Lima, which killed 10 people.
Report by Tim Gillett, News From Abroad
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