Hatun Asha ambush

Part of the Internal conflict in Peru

Date	April 10, 2016
Location	Hatun Asha, Santo Domingo de Acobamba District, Huancayo province

Belligerents

Military of Peru

311th Counterinsurgency Battalion

Shining Path guerilla fighters

Commanders and leaders

President Ollanta Humala Gen. Jorge Moscoso

Jorge “Comrade Raul” Quispe

Casualties and losses

Unknown

Internal conflict in Peru

Incidents & Attacks Chuschi ballot burning Tarata bombing Japanese embassy crisis Chavín de Huántar Hatun Asha ambush Massacres Lucanamarca Accomarca Prisons Barrios Altos Santa La Cantuta

The Hatun Asha ambush took place on the eve of the 2016 Peruvian general election.^[1]

Shining Path guerrilla fighters armed with long-range rifles and grenades, ambushed a Peruvian military caravan of eight vehicles at Hatun Asha.^[2] The vehicles was transporting election material and the military patrol was tasked with guarding polling places in the central Junin region. The attack left 8 Peruvian soldiers and two civilian contractors dead.^[3]

References

↑ "Six more bodies found, death toll in Peru ambush now stands at 10". Fox News Latino. 2016-04-10. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
↑ "Shining Path ambush kills 10 on eve of Peru’s election". Peru Reports. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
↑ "Death toll climbs to 10 in Peru guerrilla attack". Retrieved 2016-04-11.

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