The World : Bomb Kills 6 Peru Soldiers

Leftist guerrillas bombed a bus carrying Peruvian government palace guards through downtown Lima, killing at least six soldiers and a police officer and wounding 24 other people. A car blocked the bus while it was en route to the palace, and two people maneuvered a pushcart loaded with explosives under the back of the vehicle and then detonated them, police said. The guards opened fire, but the suspects escaped. The government of President Alan Garcia, who lives at the palace, is fighting two leftist guerrilla organizations, the Maoist Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path) and the pro-Cuban Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement.