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.
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.[3] One such example happened the year prior, as the Soviet, American and Chinese embassies were attacked in a similar manner.[4][5]
Attack
The attack began with a series of shootings outside the Soviet embassy in Lima.[3] 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.[6]
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.[3]
Aftermath
The terrorist group Sendero Luminoso was accused of being responsible for the attack,[3] or alternatively, a group of sympathizers.[6] 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.[6]
^"Soviet Embassy Is Lavish". New York Times. 1970-04-17. 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.
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