The World - News from July 30, 1989

Peruvian soldiers killed 110 guerrillas of the Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path) movement in three battles, including one in which 60 rebels and seven soldiers died, the government reported from Lima. It said the fighting occurred Thursday and Friday, during the Independence Day holidays, in jungle areas northeast of Lima. Peru celebrated its 168th anniversary of independence from Spain. The clashes resulted in the heaviest blow this year to the Maoist rebels, who have fought for nine years to overthrow the government and impose a worker-peasant state.