Putis massacre | |
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Part of Internal conflict in Peru | |
Location | Putis, Peru |
Date | December 1984 |
Target | Peasants |
Attack type | Massacre |
Deaths | 123 |
Perpetrators | Peruvian Army |
The Putis Massacre was a massacre of 123 campesinos carried out by the Peruvian Army in a rural hamlet in the Santillana District of the Huanta Province in the Ayacucho Region of Peru.[1] The massacre occurred in December 1984.