burst artifact on Friday night night club in Lima, PeruI’m leaving at least 15 wounded and the first reports suggest that it is grenade.

According to the Peruvian agency, among the victims were workers at the Xanders nightclub, as well as street vendors and passers-by who were walking in the area at the time of the explosion. Andean.

For now It is possible that this is an attackas the Salsicumbia Fest 2023 was due to take place indoors tonight with Chechito and Cumbia’s accomplicesgroup that reported a few weeks ago that victim of extortion.

A few months ago they received threats in which they were required to pay 300 thousand soles (about 75 thousand euros) in exchange for permission to work, which forced them to leave the scene until then.

To investigate the case, agents from the Explosive Disposal Unit (UDEX) and the National Directorate of Special Operations (Dinoes) of the National Police, as well as a tanker truck and four ambulances, arrived at the scene to treat the large number of injured. and evacuate people requiring more complex medical care.

They ask to declare a state of emergency

Authorities in the municipality of San Juan de Lurigancho in northern Lima have called for a state of emergency to be declared in the area as the incident “reveals the serious insecurity crisis the county is experiencing“.