Shining Path Rebels Attack Police Station
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Guerrillas of Sendero Luminoso, or Shining Path, set off a powerful car bomb that blew off the front of a police station outside Lima, the capital, wounding 25 people, including eight police officers. The attack appeared to be an effort by the Maoist group to re-establish its reputation as the most feared rebel group in Peru, following a four-month hostage crisis led by the smaller Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement. Shining Path guerrillas in one car opened fire on police outside the station, while a second car carrying 88 pounds of dynamite was parked in front of the building, Interior Minister Cesar Saucedo said.
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