The World - News from June 18, 1986

Left-wing Peruvian rebels hurled dynamite at two churches in the first guerrilla attack against the Roman Catholic Church in Lima, religious workers said. At Our Lady of Patronage Church, a national monument, a blast blew open heavy outer wooden doors, knocked out windows and damaged religious images on the walls, a nun said. At Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, an explosion smashed 28 large windows, a priest reported. Although no one claimed responsibility, Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path) guerrillas were suspected.