Overview
- An explosive was thrown at a chifa at the Túpac Amaru–Belaúnde intersection in Comas during business hours, causing entrance damage and heavy smoke but no injuries.
- Security footage shows a coordinated operation involving a bicyclist who lit and hurled the device after exchanging objects with an accomplice in a combi.
- The National Police say they detained members of the group known as Los Remanentes de Lima Norte, naming Ángel Jesús Osorio Villanueva, José Eliceo Berrios Valladares and Xiomara Angieli Villanueva Ugas, with a firearm and drugs seized during the operation.
- Police state the case remains under investigation to determine responsibility and any link to extortion, and the detained individuals’ roles have not yet been established by the courts.
- Owners say they received no prior threats, while investigators examine whether informal transport operators at the nearby paradero were the intended target as part of a broader pattern of extortion-linked attacks in Lima.