Abimael Guzmán, leader of Peru’s Shining Path, dies aged 86

Founder of Maoist insurgents that terrorised Peru in 1980s and 1990s dies in military prison where he was serving life sentence

Abimael Guzman, the founder and leader of the Shining Path, the Maoist insurgents which terrorised Peru in the 1980s and 1990s, has died in military hospital aged 86, the Peruvian government has said.

After nearly 30 years serving a life sentence in a maximum-security prison inside a naval base, Guzman died at 6.40am on Saturday due to health complications", Peru's prison service confirmed.