Overview
- A Z Buss interprovincial bus traveling from Lima to Huacho was shot at near the Senati stop on the Panamericana Norte early Saturday around 5:00 a.m., leaving at least three bullet impacts and no reported injuries.
- Police from the Independencia station and agents from the Policía Nacional’s Dirincri went to the scene to carry out initial diligences and collect evidence.
- Authorities and company sources count this as the seventh recorded attack on Z Buss units since June, after the firm suspended northbound trips following an earlier string of assaults on a terminal and a worker.
- Early investigations have focused on possible extortion links after attackers previously left a threatening note with a phone number, and a Z Buss employee suggested the bus may have been attacked by mistake.
- The new shooting has reinforced passenger and staff safety concerns, kept northbound services disrupted, and could push wider police action and security measures for interprovincial travel as investigators seek to identify suspects.