Shining Path started the fight by burning ballot boxes in a small town.

Many people in Peru were poor, discriminated against, and felt outside politics. Terrorist groups used this to get followers.

Peru had a violent conflict with Shining Path and MRTA.

They made attacks in cities and villages, killing and hurting many people.

The army answered with violence too, and sometimes hurt innocent people.

The police captured Abimael Guzmán, leader of Shining Path.

Violence started to go down, but President Fujimori used the fear of terrorism to get more power and stop protests.

About 69,000 people died in the conflict.

Most victims were poor people from the Andes.

The war left pain, fear, and division in Peru.