| Name | Date | Location | Deaths | Notes |
|---|
| Punta Lobos massacre | 1350 AD | Punta Lobos | 200 | Unexplained murders of approximately 200 fishermens in a gianthuman sacrifice ceremony by members of the powerfulChimu 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 byShining Path |
| Socos Massacre | November 13, 1983 | Town of Socos,Department of Ayacucho | 32 | Carried out byPeruvian Civil Guard |
| Soras massacre | July 16, 1984 | Several localities in theprovince of Sucre,Department of Ayacucho | 109[4]-117[5] | Carried out byShining Path |
| Muru Muru massacre | November, 1984 | Chungui,Ayacucho | 10 | Carried out byCivil Defense Patrols[6] |
| Oronqoy massacre | December, 1984 | Chungui,Ayacucho | 29 | Carried out byCivil Defense Patrols[6] |
| Putis massacre | December 1984 | Putis,Santillana District,Department of Ayacucho | 123 | Carried out byPeruvian Military Forces |
| Accomarca massacre | August 14, 1985 | Accomarca,Ayacucho | 47-74 | Carried out byPeruvian Military Forces |
| Peruvian prison massacres | June 1986 | Prisons in Lima and Callao | 300 | Carried out byPeruvian Military Forces |
| Aucayacu massacre | August 6, 1986 | Accomarca,José Crespo Y Castillo District | 10 | Carried out byTupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement |
| Cayara massacre | May 14, 1988 | Cayara District,Ayacucho | 39 | Carried out byPeruvian Military Forces |
| La Hoyada massacre | September 12, 1988 | La Hoyoda,Pucallpa | 8 | Carried out byShining Path |
| Pucallpa massacre | February 9, 1989 | Pucallpa,Ucayali | 9[7]-30[8] | Carried out byNational Police of Peru[9] |
| Tarapoto massacre | May 31, 1989 | Tarapoto,Department of San Martín | 8 | Carried out byMRTA[10] |
| Ccano massacre | February 23, 1991 | Ccano,La Mar Province | 32 | Carried out byShining Path[11] |
| Santa Barbara massacre | July 4, 1991 | Santa Barbara,Huancavelica | 15 | Carried out byPeruvian Army[12][13] |
| Three Martyrs of Chimbote | August 9 - 25, 1991 | Pariacoto, Riconada,Ancash | 3 | Murder of two Polish Franciscan priests and one Italian missionary priest by the Shining Path |
| Barrios Altos massacre | November 3, 1991 | Lima | 15 | Carried out by government-affiliatedColina Group
4 injured |
| Santa massacre | May 2, 1992 | Santa Province,Ancash Region | 9 | Carried out by government-affiliatedColina Group |
| Frecuencia Latina bombing | June 5, 1992 | Jesús María District, Lima | 3 | A Truck Bomb loaded with half a ton of dynamite, went to the front of a television station of channel Frecuencia 2 (renamedLatina Televisión in 2014) and exploded, destroying it |
| Tarata bombing | July 16, 1992 | Tarata St.,Miraflores, Lima | 25 | Two large truck bombs explode in the wealthyMiraflores District, killing 25, injuring 250 and damaging hundreds of houses and businesses. The communist groupShining Path claimed responsibility. |
| La Cantuta massacre | July 18, 1992 | Lima | 10 | 9 students and a professor were killed by government-affiliatedColina 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 |
| 2002 Villa Virgen massacre | July 25, 2002 | Villa Virgen district,Department of Cuzco | 3 | Murder of 3 Andean settlers byAshánincas[14] |
| Bagua Massacre | June 5, 2009 | Bagua,Amazonas department | 33 | 33 people die during combat between Peru's Army and indigenous peoples in the Bagua[15][16] |
| 2017 Lima shooting | February 17–18, 2017 | Independencia/San Martín de Porres andLos Olivos, Lima | 6 (including the perpetrator) | Eduardo Glicerio Romero Naupay opened fire on shoppers at a shopping center, killing five and wounding nine others before being shot in the head by police |
| San Miguel del Ene massacre | May 23, 2021 | San Miguel del Ene,Satipo Province | 14-18 | Carried out by theMilitarized Communist Party of Peru |
