| 2018 Oruro attacks | |
|---|---|
  Oruro 2018 Oruro attacks (Bolivia) | |
| Location | Oruro, Oruro Department, Bolivia |
| Date | 10–13 February 2018 18:45–18:57 (AST) |
Attack type | Provoked explosions |
| Weapons | First explosion: Dynamite with hydrogel[1] Second explosion: Dynamite mixed with ANFO[2] |
| Deaths | 12[2] |
| Injured | +49[2] |
| Assailants | Unknown, Juan Carlos Herrera Beltrán is the main suspect of the first explosion.[3] |
| Motive | Unknown |
On 10 February 2018, an explosion occurred in the afternoon of the Bolivian city of Oruro during the traditional carnival of the city.[4] In a street food stand, eight people were killed by an explosion near the main street of Oruro. At first it was thought that it was the explosion of a gas canister due to mishandling, but not finding fragments of the alleged canister or a gas leak that caused it, the government has discarded this theory.[5] It also left more than forty people injured.[2]
Three days later, another attack occurred at 18:57.[4] Approximately three kilos of dynamite mixed with ANFO[2] were used, which were detonated a short distance from the first explosion.[6] The explosion caused the death of four persons, two of them children, and left nine people injured.[4]
The culprit of both explosions is unknown, but there have been several detainees. Three suspects who were in the explosion site of the second explosion were arrested the following day,[7] but later it was discovered that they had no relation at all with the event.[8] Another suspect of the first explosion continues apprehended since 27 March 2018.[3] They were the most serious explosive attacks in Bolivian history.[1]
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
hwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b c d e "Confirman que segunda explosión en Oruro fue un atentado con más de 3 kilos de dinamita". Los Tiempos (in Spanish). 14 February 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
- ^ a b "Acusado de explosiones en Oruro negó ayuda a su pareja en la tragedia". opinión.com.bo (in Spanish). 28 March 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
- ^ a b c "Incertidumbre en Oruro; expertos en explosivos buscan esclarecer la tragedia". Los Tiempos. 14 February 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
- ^ Justiniano, Jorge S. (21 February 2018). "Atentados en Oruro, otra lección que aprender". El Deber (in Spanish).
- ^ "El gobierno de Bolivia catalogó como un "atentado" la explosión que causó cuatro muertos en Oruro". Infobae (in Spanish). 14 February 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
- ^ "Bolivia: ascienden a cuatro los muertos por una segunda explosión en Oruro". Infobae (in Spanish). 14 February 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
- ^ "Los 3 detenidos en Oruro no tenían ninguna relación con la segunda explosión". El Deber (in Spanish). 16 February 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
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