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Two Canadian women are in Mexican custody, suspected of lobbing Molotov cocktails at Mexico City government offices.

Late Sunday night, three suspects, clad all in black, allegedly ignited a series of gasoline bombs at both a Nissan dealership and a high-rise building housing the offices of Mexico’s Secretariat of Communications and Transportation.

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The attack occurred in the Mexico City borough of Benito Juárez, a middle-class area just south of the city centre. According to Mexican media, the explosions — five in all — sent bystanders fleeing in panic from the area.

Sunday, notably, was the Twelfth Night of Christmas, an evening when many Mexican children will leave out their shoes in expectation of having them filled with gifts from the Three Kings.

At a press conference Tuesday, Mexico City prosecutor Rodolfo Garza Rios confirmed that three suspects, two Canadians and one Mexican, were in custody in connection with the attack.