The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Peru (numbers may be approximate):
| Name | Date | Location | Deaths | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punta Lobos massacre | 1350 AD | Punta Lobos | 200 | Unexplained murders of approximately 200 fishermens in a giant human sacrifice ceremony by members of the powerful Chimu people[1] | |
| Battle of Cajamarca | November 16, 1532 | Cajamarca | 2,000 | The Spanish killed thousands of Atahualpa's counselors, commanders, and unarmed attendants in the great plaza of Cajamarca, and caused his armed host outside the town to flee | |
| Cañete Valley Anti-Chinese massacre | 1881 | Cañete Valley | 500 - 1,500 | In one 1881 pogrom in the Cañete Valley it is estimated that 500 to 1,500 Chinese were killed.[2] | |
| Limazo | February 3-5 1975 | Lima | 86[3] | Several police and civil strikes against the government cause looting and fires in Lima. The armed forces suppress the rebels and strikers with violence and regain control of the city. | |
| Lucanamarca massacre | April 3, 1983 | Lucanamarca | 69 | Carried out by Shining Path | |
| Socos Massacre | November 13, 1983 | Town of Socos, Department of Ayacucho | 32 | Carried out by Peruvian Civil Guard | |
| Soras massacre | July 16, 1984 | Several localities in the province of Sucre, Department of Ayacucho | 109[4] -117[5] | Carried out by Shining Path | |
| Muru Muru massacre | November, 1984 | Chungui, Ayacucho | 10 | Carried out by Civil Defense Patrols[6] | |
| Oronqoy massacre | December, 1984 | Chungui, Ayacucho | 29 | Carried out by Civil Defense Patrols | |
| Putis massacre | December 1984 | Putis, Santillana District, Department of Ayacucho | 123 | Carried out by Peruvian Military Forces | |
| Accomarca massacre | August 14, 1985 | Accomarca, Ayacucho | 47-74 | Carried out by Peruvian Military Forces | |
| Peruvian prison massacres | June 1986 | Prisons in Lima and Callao | At least 224 | Carried out by Peruvian Military Forces | |
| Aucayacu massacre | August 6, 1986 | Accomarca, José Crespo Y Castillo District | 10 | Carried out by Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement | |
| Cayara massacre | May 14, 1988 | Cayara District, Ayacucho | 39 | Carried out by Peruvian Military Forces | |
| La Hoyada massacre | September 12, 1988 | La Hoyoda, Pucallpa | 8 | Carried out by Shining Path | |
| Pucallpa massacre | February 9, 1989 | Pucallpa, Ucayali | 9[7] -30[8] | Carried out by National Police of Peru[9] | |
| Tarapoto massacre | May 31, 1989 | Tarapoto, Department of San Martín | 8 | Carried out by MRTA[10] | |
| Ccano massacre | February 23, 1991 | Ccano, La Mar Province | 32 | Carried out by Shining Path[11] | |
| Santa Barbara massacre | July 4, 1991 | Santa Barbara, Huancavelica | 15 | Carried out by Peruvian Army[12] | |
| Barrios Altos massacre | November 3, 1991 | Lima | 15 | Carried out by government-affiliated Colina Group 4 injured | |
| Santa massacre | May 2, 1992 | Santa Province, Ancash Region | 9 | Carried out by government-affiliated Colina Group | |
| Tarata bombing | July 16, 1992 | Tarata St., Miraflores, Lima | 25 | Two large truck bombs explode in the wealthy Miraflores District, killing 25, injuring 250 and damaging hundreds of houses and businesses. The communist group Shining Path claimed responsibility. | |
| La Cantuta massacre | July 18, 1992 | Lima | 10 | 9 students and a professor were killed by government-affiliated Colina Group | |
| 2002 Lima bombing | March 20, 2002 | Santiago de Surco, Lima | 9 | A Car bomb exploded at "El Polo", a mall in a wealthy district of Lima near the U.S. embassy | |
| Bagua Massacre | June 5, 2009 | Bagua, Amazonas department | 33 | 33 people die during combat between Peru's Army and indigenous peoples in the Bagua[13] [14] | |
| 2017 Lima shooting | February 17–18, 2017 | Independencia/San Martín de Porres and Los Olivos, Lima | 6 (including the perpetrator) | 9 injured | |
| San Miguel del Ene massacre | May 23, 2021 | San Miguel del Ene, Satipo Province | 14-18 | Carried out by the Militarized Communist Party of Peru |
| Name | Date | Location | Deaths | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ayacucho massacre | December 15, 2022 | Ayacucho | 10 | Carried out by the Peruvian Army | |
| Juliaca massacre | January 9, 2023 | Juliaca, Puno | 18 | Carried out by the Peruvian National Police |