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Dana Pontoriero thanked the police officers who helped her and made a call to report any signs of gender violence.
The horror is felt in the voice of Dana Pontoriero (29). Still in shock from what she had to live after her ex-partner tried to murder her in the middle of the street in the Saavedra neighborhood, the young woman told how she lived through those terrifying seconds that were recorded by the security cameras: “Thank God the bullets did not They left and today I can be here”.
The dramatic incident shows Dana being chased and threatened by her ex-partner, Julián Reina, who follows her from behind with a weapon, ready to kill her. The passage of a patrol car through the area and the rapid intervention of the City Police agents prevented a tragedy.
Dana recounted in an interview with Radio Continental how she experienced the violent attack. According to her testimony, Reina followed her for several meters until she managed to reach her. At that point, he tried to fire the gun at her head, but the bullet didn’t come out. “It would trigger and trigger and the bullet wouldn’t come out,” she recalled.
Dana Pontoriero, the young woman who was attacked by her ex, spoke to Radio Continental. Photo: Marcela Ojeda’s Twitter
At first the young woman did not understand the seriousness of what was happening, in fact she says that she thought the weapon was a toy, but seconds later she realized that her life was in danger: “‘What are you doing?’ ; ‘Are you crazy?'”, he managed to yell at him.
At that moment, a patrol car was approaching and Dana ran to him to call for help. The agent got out of the truck and ordered the attacker to stop, but when he saw that he continued to move towards Dana, the officer fired three shots to neutralize him. The attacker was wounded on the ground and was arrested.
“Thank God the policemen passed by and I was able to run. Thank God the bullets did not come out and today I can be here,” he described what he feels today, almost 24 hours after the terror.
Dana revealed that days before the attack, Reina had tried to look for her. Although she made it clear that she did not want any further contact with him, she did not file a complaint. “On Monday he was waiting for me at the corner of my house for a few hours because he wanted to talk to me, although I told him that I had nothing else to talk about with him. At that moment there was a first struggle, that was his first violent attitude And then a patrol car also came and I asked them to delay it.”
Dana affirmed that the police intervention both that first time and this Wednesday saved her from becoming another victim of gender violence. It was so that she expressed her gratitude to the agents.
In addition, Dana made a call to report any sign of gender violence, even if no previous history is known, since “one never ends to know the person,” he said and continued: “At the slightest call for attention that they have They have to call and report it.”
Minutes before speaking to the media, Dana made a post on her social networks. She there she shared a song by Soda Stereo, uploaded a photo and left a message: “Thank you universe”.
The message was part of a story uploaded around 3 this morning on the victim’s Instagram profile, where there is a video in which, while listening to the song “Tea for three”, you can see the young woman’s hand stroking the hair of a girl and below the message: “Thank you, thank you universe”, followed by an emoji of stars.
The case is being investigated by the prosecutor’s office headed by José María Campagnoli and the case has been assigned to the National Criminal and Correctional Court 62, directed by Patricia Susana Guichandut.
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