[4] This caused SL to take a militant stance against USSR interests in Peru, to the point of despising even civilians of Russian nationality in the South American country.

[3] In 1986, supporters of Sendero Luminoso (SL) had exploded a bomb targeting Soviet citizens engaged in fishing who had permission from the Peruvian government to be stationed in the port of Callao.

[4] The impact of this explosion destroyed the façade of the three-story craft store that the victims had recently departed from.

[3] The then PNP officer Oswaldo Díaz Salvador said that witnesses reported that two young people were seen placing a package on the bottom of the large bus in the vicinity of the attack site at a time the Soviets were not in their vehicles.

[3] The Peruvian National Police said that four people were being sought, saying that two more suspects fled in a car immediately after the explosion.