An Argentinian tourist was shot dead by motorbikes at the door of a restaurant in Uruguay

some Argentinian tourists was the victim of an attack motochorro In Uruguay. Two criminals approached them as they were about to enter a restaurant in the Manantiales neighborhood and one of the robbers fired. The bullet hit the man 76 years old: the projectile entered through one of its shoulders and had to be hospitalized.

The violent episode occurred on Tuesday evening near the corner of Los Guaviyú and Los Pindo streets, in the resort town of springsbelonging to the Department of Maldonado.

Police sources informed the news agency telam that it all started around 9:00 p.m., when the tourists got out of their truck after having parked it with the help of a valet. At this moment, armed robbers appeared in the place and surprised them.

According to local media, the motochorros They threatened the carer, who fled. SO, they asked tourists for their wallets and car keys. Given this, the victims decided to get back into their vehicle and close the doors.

It was then that one of the criminals opened fire: the bullet hit the humerus of the 76-year-old man. The tourist was rushed to a private hospital. Over there He was hospitalized out of danger. Meanwhile, the motochorros were taking the fleewithout taking any of the victims’ belongings.

Operational Area III personnel tracked two people who were riding a motorcycle with similar characteristics, although they were not arrested. Minutes later, in San Carlos Park, the vehicle involved, a backpack, helmets and a type of firearm were located. revolver: all items had been dropped.

Until the afternoon of this Wednesday The search for the assailants continued.. The third team district attorney’s office is working on the case.

Last week, another couple of Argentinian tourists were attacked, in this case in Chile. Ana Salomone and Ariel Mansilla They were attacked at the door of a shopping center in Vina del Mar by a gang of teenagers for the purpose of theft. The incident was recorded in a video that went viral.

This episode occurred on Tuesday 14, around 4:30 p.m., in the Marina Arauco Shopping Centerlocated in the region of Valparaiso. It is one of the most visited regions by tourists who come to this country for vacation. And that’s exactly what this Cordovan couple had done, seduced by “the coolness of this city in summer”, without realizing that they would be plunged into a dramatic situation of insecurity.

“The mall has two blocks and is separated by a street. It can be crossed by a bridge, which connects the sectors, or on foot. We chose to do it on foot. we wanted to go to the store Appleahead, and we just heard an explosion that caught our attention,” Mansilla said. GlobeLiveMediain reference to the broken stained glass that the store suffered Ripley by a group of vandals, most teenagers.

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“When we see that these young people start fighting with the security guards, my wife yells at me.”let’s go inside‘. We’ve done two steps and I feel a first shot in the neck they attacked me from behind. While one was hitting the gold chain I was wearing, the other was hitting my neck again to unsettle me. Seeing that one of them was trying to run away with my chain, I kicked him and he fell. And that’s when the aggression from the rest of the group started towards me and towards my wife, who kept screaming and asking for help,” Ariel explained of the violence piranha attack who suffered in broad daylight.

The man ended up with a fracture incomplete right thumb, sprained left hand and ankle, and bruising all over his body. “Her too they kicked him in the abdominal area and hip. It was terrible,” he recalls.

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