A new assassination act was reported by the authorities in Cartagena, with the aggravating circumstance of a minor who was injured with one of the shots fired by the offender to his victim.
This case was recorded on the main street of the Villa Estrella neighborhood, the 12-year-old girl was helped by her relatives who took her to the nearby health center, where the doctors managed to stabilize her.
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“She was on the terrace of the house playing with her grandfather and other children, a subject arrived and since there is a tree outside on the platform, it is presumed that she stopped to take shade, that is where men arrived on a motorcycle and began to shoot; one of the bullets hit the girl in the foot,” told Juan León, a relative of the girl.
She indicated, “desperate, they take her to the hospital in the well where the doctors controlled her bleeding and transferred her to another clinic where they made plates to determine if there was any involvement of the bones, nerves; Police for Children and Adolescents arrived at the scene and said that the case would be investigated by the SIJIN”.
“It is unfortunate that not even the children can play outside the house because shots can be heard at any moment, it is normal to see hired assassins in Cartagena, there is a wave of insecurity everywhere,” said the girl’s relative.
Through a statement, the Communications Office of the Cartagena Metropolitan Police reported that “on Saturday, August 27, at approximately 12:30 pm, an adult man entered the mother Bernarda clinic with a firearm injury , In the same way, an adolescent was injured with a firearm projectile injury in one of the lower extremities, in the events that occurred in the Villa Estrella neighborhood, the injured are stable under medical observation.
The authorities announced that so far in the month of August, 29 acts of contract killings have been registered“last year as we looked at the comparison there were 28, we have one more case than last year; this year we have 110 arrested for homicide between court order and in flagrante delicto”.
