Bombing at Colombia mall kills three

BOGOTA – A strong explosion from a bomb rocked one of the busiest shopping centres in Colombia’s capital Saturday, killing three people, including a 23-year-old French woman, and injuring nine others, authorities said. Witnesses told of being evacuated from movie theatres and stores after the blast in a second-floor women’s restroom at the upscale Centro Andino in the heart of Bogota’s tourist district. Ambulances and firetrucks rushed to the scene and the injured were taken to a hospital, where two later died. Mayor Enrique Penalosa said the French victim, identified as Julie Huynh, had been in Colombia the past six months volunteering in a poor neighbourhood and was preparing to return to France in the coming days.