Accused of abuse injures a police officer and self-harms to avoid arrest

A man accused of abusing his granddaughter He injured the hands of a police officer from the Special Force to Fight Violence (Felcv) and then caused a wound to his neck with a knife in order to avoid being arrested.

Prosecutor Karla Barrón reported that the investigation of this case began last week, when A woman reported her father-in-law, because supposedly He abused his 13-year-old daughter, for more than six years.

Barrón initiated a process for the crimes of sexual abuse and attempted rape against the 57-year-old man and issued an arrest warrant against him, which was executed this Monday, in the municipality of Warnes.

The Felcv officers arrived at Satélite Norte, where the suspect works; but he, upon seeing the police presence, He grabbed a knife and tried to cut his own throat.

“When he noticed that the police were outside his workplace, he grabbed a knife and injured himself in the neck. One of the investigators He ends up with cuts on both hands, when he tried to save his life; that is, when he was trying to prevent further self-harm,” the prosecutor reported.

The policeman and the accused, both injuredwere rushed to a clinic, where they were treated by doctors. The accused of abuse underwent surgery and his prognosis is reserved.

The case is still under investigation. The victim is a minor under 13 years old, that She was abused by her grandfather paternal since he was seven, according to the psychological report of the Children’s Ombudsman.