Ukuqhuma esitobhini samabhasi eSantiago, inhlokodolobha yaseChile, kulimaze okungenani abantu abahlanu. Ukuqhuma kwenzeke ngaphambi nje kwemini isikhathi sendawo ngoLwesihlanu, empambanweni yomgwaqo i-Avenida Vicuña Mackenna ne-Av. UFrancisco Bilbao, maphakathi nedolobha iSantiago. Omunye wabantu uthinte isikhwama ebesishiye esitobhini sebhasi, nokuholele ekuqhumeni, ngokusho kwamaphoyisa.
Izazi ezizimele ezibhekele ezasendle (I-Individualistas Tendiendo a lo Salvaje - ITS), iqembu lamaphekula, lithe yilo elinecala lokuhlaselwa kwewebhusayithi, ngokusho kwephephandaba i-La Tercera.
Umshushisi uClaudia Cañas, ohola uphenyo, akakwazanga ukuqinisekisa isicelo seqembu, kodwa wathi "kuphenywa yonke imikhondo."
UNgqongqoshe Wezangaphakathi u-Andrés Chadwick uvakashele abalimele esibhedlela. Imeya yaseSantiago u-Evelyn Matthei utshele abezindaba ukuthi izimo zikhomba "inhloso yokulimaza."
Kulimale amadoda amathathu nabesifazane ababili kulokhu kuqhuma, ngokusho kukaGeneral Enrique Monrás weCarabineros, amaphoyisa aseChile. Omunye walaba besifazane ulimale kakhulu, kepha akekho umuntu osesimeni esisongela impilo yakhe ngokwazi kwakhe, kusho uMonras.
Phakathi kwabalimele kukhona izithandani ezivela eVenezuela, kubika abezindaba bendawo.
Impambana mgwaqo ihlala ivaliwe ukuhamba ngezinyawo nangezimoto ngenkathi amaphoyisa eqoqa ubufakazi.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- One of the people touched a bag that was left at the bus stop, triggering the blast, according to police.
- Three men and two women were injured in the explosion, according to General Enrique Monrás of the Carabineros, the Chilean police.
- One of the women is more seriously injured, but no one's condition is life-threatening to the best of his knowledge, Monras said.
