Global Courant 2023-04-14 06:31:04
The victim is a controller of Line 17 who received a superficial stab wound to the leg. The attacker was caught by buses and called 911. He attacked because they wouldn’t let him get in line.
A bus inspector for Line 17 was attacked with a knife at a Buenos Aires Metrobus station, a few meters from the Obelisk. The assailant, who was later arrested by the City Police, was first detained by the victim’s co-workers, who was attended by SAME.
After a call to 911, agents from the 1B Neighborhood Police Station of the City Police went to the Metrobus on Avenida 9 de Julio, at its intersection with Rivadavia avenue, where the attack took place.
When the police arrived, drivers of bus line 17 commented that a man, who had been subdued at the scene, attacked the inspector who was at the stop doing his work for the transport company with a knife.
The victim had a superficial leg injury, without risk to life, for which a SAME ambulance was called to assist him.
The assailant attacked the inspector because he did not let him get in line
According to sources who worked on the operation, the inspector told the police that the detained assailant was in line at the station, waiting for the bus.
But when the unit arrived at the stop, he wanted to sneak in. He went ahead, surpassing the passengers who were waiting earlier and it was when the Inspector told him to respect his turn,
The man left – to insults. and minutes later he returned and attacked him with the knife.
After wounding the inspector, the attacker tried to flee but the bus driver, passengers and other transport workers caught him and held him until the police arrived.
After being treated by the SAME ambulance, the injured inspector was transferred to the Argerich hospital, to treat the cut on his right leg, which fortunately was not deep.
The Flagrancia Este Prosecutor’s Office in charge of Horacio Peix intervened, who ordered the arrest of the aggressor for minor injuries.
A series of attacks against colectivos
After the crime of the 620 bus driver, Daniel Barrientos, in Virrey del Pino, barely a week ago, the attacks on public transport drivers have been replicated in recent days, to contrast with the lucubrations of the authorities that they saw conspiracy theories behind that act of insecurity.
Last Tuesday, in Fuerte Apache, a passenger was hit on the head with the butt of a firearm after refusing to give her cell phone to one of the thieves. Before getting off, they triggered another passenger.
This Thursday, there was a string of robberies aboard buses in the Buenos Aires suburbs. One, again in La Matanza, had a gun pointed at his head and hit him in the eye. The other event, which occurred minutes before, and the driver was shot in the head.
After the attacks, seven bus lines decided to stop with the aim of demanding more security measures.
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