Overview
- A municipal cleaner, Olga Simeón Gómez, picked up a white-plastic-wrapped object in a green strip on Avenida Jorge Chávez and it detonated near her feet while she worked.
- The worker was taken to Hospital Nacional Edgardo Rebagliati Martins and municipal officials say she is out of danger after medical evaluation.
- The blast, captured on nearby security cameras, produced dense white smoke but caused no damage to nearby businesses or vehicles.
- Local Serenazgo officers suggested the object could be a 'bomba trueno' possibly left days earlier by football barristas, a claim the Policía Nacional is still investigating.
- Authorities say the PNP is conducting diligencias and that video review will be key to identifying who placed the device; neighbors are calling for tighter controls on pyrotechnics and vendor activity near public areas.