Peruvian leader Abimael Guzmán dies
The Hindu
The leader of the brutal Shining Path insurgency in Peru, passed away in a military hospital on Saturday
Abimael Guzmán, the leader of the brutal Shining Path insurgency in Peru who was captured in 1992, died on Saturday in a military hospital after an illness. He was 86. Mr. Guzmán died at 6:40 a.m. after suffering from an infection, Justice Minister Aníbal Torres said. Mr. Guzmán, a former philosophy professor, launched an insurgency against the state in 1980 and presided over numerous car bombings and assassinations in the years that followed. Guzmán was captured in 1992 and sentenced to life in prison for terrorism and other crimes.
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