Bombing at nightclub in Peru injures 33 people, including minors

A bombing at a nightclub in Peru has injured 33 people, including minors, authorities said Saturday.The explosion happened in the pre-dawn hours at the Dalí nightclub in the province of Trujillo along Peru’s northern coast, according to a statement from the local emergency operations center.It’s a region that has recently been plagued by violence and crime.It wasn’t immediately clear who was responsible and a motive wasn’t immediately known.At least five of the injured people were in serious condition, according to Gerardo Florián Gómez, the executive director of the Trujillo-health-network" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="40895" data-entity-type="organization">Trujillo Health Network. Some of the victims suffered amputations and shrapnel wounds and were undergoing surgery, he told reporters. Among the injured were three minors aged 16 and 17, Florián Gómez said.Fiorella Mantilla, who was at the nightclub when the blast took place, told reporters that she had glass embedded in her legs and recalled that “it sounded as if the sound system had suddenly been turned off”.In a witness video published by local newspaper La República, some people in the club yelled: “Bomb!” and then: “Let’s go!” following the explosion. A person who filmed the scene then focused on a woman lying on the floor and said: “Help the girl!”The explosion took place less than a month after another blast in the same city that damaged 25 homes but caused no injuries or fatalities.Extortion and illegal mining plague the La Libertad region, whose Andean portion is home to the largest gold-producing area in Peru. In 2025, the region experienced 286 explosions, 136 of which occurred in the city of Trujillo, according to official figures.The expansion of organized criminal groups has led to an increase in related crimes such as extortion.