Overview
- Swiss officials report 40 dead and 119 injured from the Crans-Montana nightclub fire, with six victims still awaiting identification through DNA and dental records as burn units care for dozens in critical condition.
- Specialist teams in Switzerland, including 30 forensic experts and odontologists, are extracting genetic profiles from bone marrow and dental pulp while hospitals like Lausanne’s university center expand capacity for severely burned young patients.
- In Lima’s San Juan de Lurigancho, a mototaxista was killed after reported extortion threats and two teenagers were executed with nearly 20 shots, as police collect casings and seek suspects in a day that saw multiple homicides across the city.
- Peruvian authorities are probing targeted attacks beyond the capital, including a grenade left at Carabayllo Mayor Pablo Mendoza’s home that UDEX secured without injuries and a double homicide of transport workers during a match in Huacho.
- A separate surge includes the killing of a 25-year-old athlete during a football game in Pisco and the shooting of two Buenos Aires police officers in Burzaco, where officer Agostina Medina remains in intensive care with spinal and internal injuries as investigators hunt the gunmen.