6 dead, 78 injured after roof of Peru shopping mall collapses

This handout picture released by Regional Government of La Libertad shows damages after the roof of a shopping mall collapsed in Trujillo, Peru, Feb. 22, 2025. (Photo by Larry Campos/Peru's Regional Government of La Libertad/AFP) This handout picture released by La Libertad Police Region shows rescue teams working at the scene of an accident in which a roof of a food court collapsed in a shopping mall in Trujillo, Peru on February 21, 2025. (La Libertad Police Region/Handout AFP)

The collapse of a food court roof at a shopping mall in northwestern Peru killed six people and left at least 78 others injured, the defense minister said Saturday.