The violent action occurred at the end of the Eucharist where a large number of Catholic parishioners participated.
A violent action took place inside the Espiritú Santo church in the Los Pinos neighborhood in Cúcuta, where a young man attacked a man with a knife on several occasions at the end of the Eucharist.
The victim was identified as Arnold Oswaldo Benítez Salamanca, 39 years old, This is an engineer who faces injuries to his face, the lateral region of his head and the upper part of his ear. He was immediately taken by his family to the Santa Ana clinic where he was initially treated and later taken to the Norte clinic where he will be examined by a plastic surgeon.
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Mrs. Mónica Liliana Aponte García, wife of the victim, said that the aggressor She got up from the chair and without saying a word attacked her husband. With the quick reaction of the community, they managed to retain Henry Aponte Rosero, 27 years old, who works as a sales assistant. He was accused of committing this violent action and was captured by the police. Cúcuta Metropolitan Police, The knife used to attack Mr. Benítez Salamanca was also confiscated.
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The authorities are carrying out the corresponding investigations to establish the causes of the incident and determine if it was a premeditated attack.
The victim’s relatives do not know the causes of this violent action and stated that they had not received any type of death threat.
