Kuphulika pamalo okwerera basi ku Santiago, likulu la Chile, kuvulaza anthu osachepera asanu. Kuphulikaku kunachitika patatsala pang'ono kufika nthawi ya masana Lachisanu, pamphambano ya Avenida Vicuña Mackenna ndi Av. Francisco Bilbao, mtawuni ya Santiago. M'modzi mwa anthuwo adakhudza chikwama chomwe chidatsalira pamalo okwerera basi, zomwe zidayambitsa kuphulika, malinga ndi apolisi.

Odziimira pawokha akuyenda kuthengo (Individualistas Tendiendo a lo Salvaje - ITS), gulu lazachinyengo, akuti ndi omwe amachititsa ziwonetserozi patsamba lawebusayiti, malinga ndi nyuzipepala ya La Tercera.

Woyimira milandu a Claudia Cañas, yemwe akutsogolera kufufuzaku, sanatsimikizire zomwe gululi likunena, koma anati "atsogoleri onse akufufuzidwa."

Nduna ya zamkati Andrés Chadwick akuyendera ovulalawo kuchipatala. Meya wa a Santiago a Evelyn Matthei adauza atolankhani akumaloko kuti zomwe zikuchitikazi ndi "cholinga chovulaza."

Amuna atatu ndi akazi awiri adavulala pakuphulika, malinga ndi General Enrique Monrás wa Carabineros, apolisi aku Chile. M'modzi mwa azimayiwa wavulala kwambiri, koma palibe amene akuwopseza moyo malinga ndi kudziwa kwake, Monras adati.

Mwa ovulalawo pali banja lochokera ku Venezuela, malinga ndi atolankhani akumaloko.

Kudutsaku kumatsekedwa mpaka phazi komanso kuchuluka kwamagalimoto pomwe apolisi amatenga umboni.

ZOMWE MUNGACHITE PA NKHANIYI:

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.