Centro Andino bombing
On the afternoon of 18 June 2017, a bombing in Bogotá, Colombia, killed three young women and injured 11 other people. One of those killed was French, the other two were Colombian.[1][2][3] The bomb exploded behind the toilet bowl in the women's toilets in the upmarket Centro Andino shopping mall in the Zona Rosa district.[1]
| 2017 Centro Andino bombing | |
|---|---|
| Part of Colombian conflict | |
 Centro Andino shopping mall | |
| Location | Bogotá, Colombia |
| Date | 18 June 2017 5:00 pm |
| Weapons | IED |
| Deaths | 3 |
| Injured | 9 |
| Perpetrators | People’s Revolutionary Movement (MRP) |
Responsibility
Police later arrested eight members of a small far-left urban guerilla group called the People’s Revolutionary Movement (Movimiento Revolucionario del Pueblo, MRP).[4] The group has only been known since 2015 and are suspected in 14 other attacks in Colombia.[5][1]
References
- Cobb, Julia Symmes. "Colombian police arrest eight in mall bombing probe". uk.reuters.com.
- "Three killed in Colombia blast". 18 June 2017 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- "Shopping Center Blast in Colombia Kills 3 and Injures 9". www.nytimes.com.
- "Meet the MRP, the group accused of the Bogota terrorist attack that killed 3". colombiareports.com. 26 June 2017.
- "Colombian police arrest eight in Bogota mall bombing probe". www.nbcnews.com.
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