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Left Wing Terrorism in Chile (view source)
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On 9 August 1985, leftist militants operating in the Chilean capital cause major blackouts in Santiago, and shoot and wound two policemen in their patrol car and destroy with Molotov cocktails four passenger buses.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=19850811&id=xPhVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=huEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6625,2537351&hl=en Police, protesters battle in Chile; 2 dead, 12 hurt]</ref>
On 9 August 1985, leftist militants operating in the Chilean capital cause major blackouts in Santiago, and shoot and wound two policemen in their patrol car and destroy with Molotov cocktails four passenger buses.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=19850811&id=xPhVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=huEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6625,2537351&hl=en Police, protesters battle in Chile; 2 dead, 12 hurt]</ref>
On 30 August 1985, an arms cache of the outlawed Communist Party was discovered in [[Antofogasta]]. A great quantity of explosives and two 9-mm sub-machine-guns from Libya were found there.<ref>Daily Report: Latin America (Volume 86, Issues 11-21), p. 45, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, 1986</ref>
On 6 December 1985, a policeman is shot dead by four leftist guerrillas who opened fire with machine guns as he walked home. That same month, 15 passenger buses in Santiago are destroyed with petrol bombs and the marxist guerrillas plant another bomb in the Santiago Metro subway, before escaping after a gun-battle with the police.
On 6 December 1985, a policeman is shot dead by four leftist guerrillas who opened fire with machine guns as he walked home. That same month, 15 passenger buses in Santiago are destroyed with petrol bombs and the marxist guerrillas plant another bomb in the Santiago Metro subway, before escaping after a gun-battle with the police.