| Lucanamarca massacre | |
|---|---|
| Part of internal conflict in Peru | |
| Location | Lucanamarca, Peru |
| Date | 3 April 1983 |
| Target | Ronderos |
Attack type | Shooting, massacre, war crime |
| Weapons | Axes, machetes, firearms |
| Deaths | 69 |
| Perpetrators | Shining Path |
| Motive | Retaliation for lynching of Olegario Curitomay |
The Lucanamarca massacre was a mass murder that took place in and around the town of Lucanamarca on 3 April 1983, by Sendero Luminoso rebels. The attack, which claimed the lives of 69 members of indigenous peasant families, was carried out by a local cadre of the Shining Path in reprisal for a lynching death of its local commander.