In recent days, violence in Ecuador has been increasing. This broke out after Adolfo Macias, the head of the country’s main gang known as Los Choneros, escaped from prison. Now, another tragic event took place in a bowling alley located in The Coca.
The violent episode occurred this Wednesday when a fire broke out in the nightclub that left two dead and nine injured, as confirmed by the National Police.
Fire in Ecuador: first investigations
In addition to confirming the deaths and the number of injured people, the police ecuadorian described the event as a terrorist attack.
In that sense, the first investigations showed that the fire was caused by unidentified people, so several units are focused on locating the perpetrators. responsible.
As detailed, the fire broke out around 10:00 p.m. (local time), spread and ended up affecting a total of 11 shops located around the area.
In the images that were spread through social networks, you could see the large smoke generated by the explosion. In addition, personnel from the Fire brigadesoldiers and police who rescued several people who had still remained inside the bowling alley and then transferred them to health centers.
Violence in Ecuador: how the crisis continues
The country is going through hours of anguish and fear due to the violence experienced in the streets. For this reason, the president Daniel Noboa declared on Tuesday the “internal armed conflict“.
The truth is that this decision was made after several acts of violence broke out in the country at the beginning of this week, such as riots, explosions, murders and kidnapped police authorities.
Noboa came to the presidency with the promise of fighting drug trafficking and, based on his decree of “internal armed conflict“granted belligerent status to the gangs and gave permission to the Government to take measures and confront them.
Source: Ambito
