At least three women were killed and nine injured after an explosive device detonated in a restroom in an busy upscale shopping center in Colombia’s capital on Saturday, officials said.
The Andino shopping center in an exclusive area of Bogota was evacuated after the blast at around 5 p.m. local time in the women’s lavatory. The Andino commercial center was packed with people buying gifts ahead of Father’s Day celebrations on Sunday.
Police said the device was placed in a toilet bowl in the second-floor restroom. Bogota Mayor Enrique Penalosa denounced the attack.
“This cowardly terrorist attack in Andino really hurts me,” he said on Twitter.
One of the victims was a 23-year-old French woman who had been volunteering in a poor area of the city, he told reporters.
Source: At Least 3 Dead, 9 Injured In Explosion At Bogota Shopping Center | HuffPost
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