1986 Soviet embassy attack in Lima

Terrorist attack in Lima, Peru 1986 Soviet embassy attack Embajada de la Federación Rusa, Lima.jpg The Russian Embassy in 2013 San Isidro, Lima, Peru 1986 07 07 EDT Shooting Bombing Soviet Embassy, Lima 1 (one perpetrator) 0 Shining Path (alleged)Sendero 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 1986 Soviet embassy attack in Lima was a terrorist attack on July 7, 1986, against the official residence of the delegation of the Soviet Union in Peru. The attack failed to result in the death of any Soviet citizen, killing one terrorist. Background After Peru's socialist government and the Soviet Union established relations in 1969, the latter opened an embassy in the district of San Isidro.Soviet Embassy Is Lavish https://www.nytimes.com/1970/04/17/archives/soviet-embassy-is-lavish.html 1970-04-17 New York Times LIMA, Peru (AP)—The Soviet Government has bought a majestic estate at suburban Or rantia Del Mar for $400,000 to use as its Lima embassy, a Russian official announced. The terrorist group Sendero Luminoso had already carried out incidents outside the Soviet embassy for years, mainly due to ideological discrepancies in the left spectrum.One Peru Gunman Slain In Soviet Embassy Raid https://www.nytimes.com/1986/07/09/world/around-the-world-one-peru-gunman-slain-in-soviet-embassy-raid.html 1986-07-09 New York Times One such example happened the year prior, as the Soviet, American and Chinese embassies were attacked in a similar manner.Lethal Terrorist Actions Against Americans 1973–1985 http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/International_security_affairs/terrorism/122.pdf Bureau of Diplomatic Security June 20, 2014Police round up 3,500 after Lima bomb blitz The Globe and Mail Associated Press May 18, 1985 13 Attack The attack began with a series of shootings outside the Soviet embassy in Lima. Among the chaos caused by the initial attack, one of the shooters managed to enter the interior of the Soviet residence where he tried to explode a bomb that he was carrying with him, the explosion of the attack failed to cause deaths beyond the suicide bomber himself.Terrorista muerto en un ataque a la Embajada soviética en Lima https://elpais.com/diario/1986/07/09/internacional/521244019_850215.html 1986-07-08 El País The attackers who survived and saw that their plan failed, fled to the outskirts of the embassy, in one of the suburbs near the residence, two policewomen captured the attackers after an exchange of gunfire. Aftermath The terrorist group Sendero Luminoso was accused of being responsible for the attack, or alternatively, a group of sympathizers. Shining Path's official position on the USSR was known to be negative, stating that the socialist state was an "enemy" of its cause of struggle. The Soviet Foreign Ministry paid a visit to Peru, represented by Vice Minister Viktor Komplektov, who in turn represented the government of Mikhail Gorbachev, and reported that the then Peruvian President Alan García received Soviet support in his war against Shining Path. This would not be the last attack against Soviet interests or citizens in Peru. Two months later, on September 1, six Soviet fishermen on leave, who fished in Peruvian waters as part of interstate fishing agreements, were injured by a bomb at a Callao market, with one of the sailors losing both arms, legs and eyes. Almost three years later, in June 1989, a bombing attributed to SL against a bus carrying 49 Soviet fishermen while they were shopping on leave injured 33 of them. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-07-06-mn-4004-story.htmlhttps://digitalrepository.unm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4295&context=notisur See also 1987 North Korean embassy attack in Lima 1989 Callao bombing Japanese embassy hostage crisis Deng Xiaoping's dogs References Category:Anti-revisionism Category:Terrorist incidents in 1986 Category:1980s in Lima Category:Peru–Soviet Union relations Category:1986 crimes in Peru Category:Attacks on diplomatic missions in Peru Category:Terrorist incidents in Peru in the 1980s Category:July 1986 Category:Shining Path attacks Category:San Isidro District, Lima Category:1986 building bombings Category:Building bombings in Peru Category:Suicide bombings in 1986 Category:Suicide bombings in South America Category:1986 in international relations Category:Crime in Lima