At least five of the injured were in serious condition, according to the executive director of the Trujillo Health Network, Gerardo Florián Gómez
A bomb attack at a nightclub in Peru injured 33 people, including minors, authorities said on Saturday (7). The explosion occurred during the early hours of the morning at the Dali nightclub, in the province of Trujillo, on the north coast of Peru, according to a statement from the local Emergency Operations Center. It is a region that has recently been plagued by violence and crime.
The person responsible or his motivation had not yet been identified until the publication of this report.
At least five of the injured were in serious condition, according to the executive director of the Trujillo Health Network, Gerardo Florián Gómez.
Some of the victims suffered amputations and shrapnel injuries and underwent surgery, he told reporters. Among the injured were three minors: one aged 16 and two aged 17, Florian said.
Fiorella Mantilla, who was at the club when the explosion happened, told reporters that she had glass stuck in her legs and recalled that “it was as if the sound system had suddenly turned off.”
The explosion occurred less than a month after another explosion in the same city that damaged 25 homes but caused no injuries or deaths.
Extortion and illegal mining plague the La Libertad region, the Andean part of which is home to Peru’s largest gold-producing area. In 2025, the region experienced 286 explosions, 136 of which occurred in the city of Trujillo, according to official figures
In January 2025, an explosive device was detonated in a Trujillo prosecutor’s office building. In August and September, two explosions damaged dozens of homes and left more than 20 people injured.
Authorities said such incidents are linked to an extortion scheme conducted by organized criminal gangs, including Los Pulpos, which has expanded its criminal activities to Chile and other countries in the region.
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