1987 North Korean embassy attack in Lima

Terrorist attack in Lima, Peru 1987 North Korean embassy attack North Korean embassy attack in Lima.png Damage caused to the trade office in the streets of Lima. Calle Los Nogales 227, San Isidro, Lima, Peru 1987 04 30 10 a.m. EDT Bombing Communist terrorism North Korean Trade Office, Lima 0 2 Shining PathSendero Luminoso: Peruvian Terrorist Group § Partial Incident Chronology Department of State Bulletin https://books.google.com/books?id=lbf-DSUKic0C 1989-12-01 2153 89 49–52 the Internal conflict in Peru The 1987 North Korean embassy attack in Lima was a terrorist attack that took place on April 30, 1987, against the trade office and official residence of the delegation of North Korea in Peru. The attack left two people injured. Background North Korea, like China and the Soviet Union, turned its back on the communist Shining Path insurgency in Peru, despite leftist ideological similarities; mainly due to North Korean economic interests in the South American country during the government of Alan García. In 1986, the Peruvian government bought 10,000 AK-47s of Soviet origin from the North Korean government. These weapons were intended to improve the weapons of the Peruvian National Police to counter the Senderista insurgency.Maoist Guerrillas Bomb North Korean Trade Office https://apnews.com/article/f142eb73f7c09ffaa631d7fb4928ad9b 1987-04-30 Associated Press Attack The attack began at midmorning on April 30, 1987, by a group of three individuals, two men and a woman carrying a briefcase. The group entered the plaza outside the embassy where they rang the doorbell of the main building, taking hostage a Peruvian worker from the site who answered the doorbell. The woman who led the attack carried around 35 sticks of dynamite in her briefcase. They were installed at the main interior door of the embassy and exploded, affecting the entire building and two nearby houses. Although the explosion was powerful, at the time of the attack the North Korean embassy was understaffed. In addition to the hostage, another employer at the site was injured in the face by flying glass. Aftermath The attackers fled in a car. The North Korean representative Kim Shan Sik, at the time of the attack, was in his private home in downtown Lima. Almost a year after the attack, in March 1988, the Peruvian government bought a further 10.000 AKM rifles and 10 million rounds of 7.62mm bullets from North Korea. These were distributed to police forces after accusations that they had originally been intended for the APRA ruling party's paramilitary arm. An earlier scandal broke out after an opposition newspaper revealed that the weapons were shipped with false shipping documents. The government admitted to this, but stated that North Korea had asked that the weapons contract and shipping documents be falsified, reportedly "as a security measure for their maritime shipment."https://www.upi.com/Archives/1988/03/23/Peru-orders-weapons-from-North-Korea/1562575096400/ Peru orders weapons from North Korea UPI 23 March 1988 16 April 2021 Another attack was attempted in 1989, but the bomb did not detonate as it was defused by the Peruvian Police.Informe mensual IDL, Area de Información y Promoción en Derechos Humanos 1989 26 es https://books.google.com/books?id=5VMPAAAAYAAJ Dotación de la Unidad de Desactivación de Explosivos (UDE) frustró un atentado contra custodios de la embajada de Corea del Norte, en San Isidro. See also Japanese embassy hostage crisis 1986 Soviet embassy attack in Lima Deng Xiaoping's dogs References Category:North Korea–Peru relations Category:Terrorist incidents in 1987 Category:Shining Path attacks Category:1980s in Lima Category:1987 in Peru Category:Attacks on diplomatic missions in Peru Category:Attacks on diplomatic missions of North Korea Category:Hostage taking in Peru Category:1987 in international relations Category:April 1987 in South America Category:San Isidro District, Lima Category:Crime in Lima Category:1987 building bombings Category:Building bombings in Peru Category:Terrorist incidents in Peru in the 1980s