The source of the explosion was a device that was kept inside the toilet seat of a women's washroom on the second floor of the shopping mall, Reuters reported.
Witnesses told local media that the blast occured in a second-floor women's bathroom at the Andino Commercial Center.
Mayor Enrique Penalosa called the attack a "cowardly terrorist bombing", which turned the focus on the National Liberation Army which is the last rebel movement still active in Colombia.
"The young woman (dead) is a 23-year-old French girl", Peñalosa said, and indicated that she was providing social service at a Bogota school.
Three women, including a French citizen, were killed in an explosion in the Andino shopping mall, located in the rich area of the Colombian capital of Bogota. ELN, as it is also known by, has had a history of attacks in the capital of Bogota but the rebel group's leaders denied any involvement in Saturday's bombings.
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Meanwhile, a hospital statement revealed that the other two Centro Andino bombing fatalities are also women with ages 31- and 27-years-old, according to an RT report. Asked by reporters whether the leftist ELN guerrilla group could be responsible, he replied, "No hypothesis can be ruled out".
"With peace and reconciliation we've made strides in consolidating tranquility for Colombians", Santos said in a televised speech.
President Juan Manuel Santos ordered the head of Colombia's police to lead the investigation and keep him regularly updated. The group posted on its Facebook page a black ribbon in memory of Huynh as dozens of emotional messages poured in from people moved by her example. However, ELN, which is now in peace talks with the government, denied involvement in the attack via a Twitter post.
A peace accord signed a year ago with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the country's biggest rebel group, raised confidence bomb attacks might cease. But the group said it doesn't target civilians. The ELN is the country's second-largest militant group and is now negotiating its own peace deal with the Colombian government.
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