Two Austrian tourists were injured in an attempted robbery in La Boca

The two tourists were attacked in Pedro de Mendoza at 6:00 p.m., in La Boca

Two brothers of Austrian nationality aged 29 and 34, who were walking in the neighborhood of La Boca in Buenos Aires, a few meters from Caminito and the Museum of Benito Quinquela Martin, and just two blocks from a police station; They were victims of an attempted robbery on Thursday. The thieves, who were riding bicycles, injured the tourists as they they resisted the assault and they struggled with the criminals.

Everything happened this afternoon, after 1 p.m., at Pedro de Mendoza at 1800, in the most touristic area of ​​the southern part of the city of Buenos Aires. Staff from the Buenos Aires Police Department’s Neighborhood Police Station 4C went there after receiving a 911 complaint about two Austrian tourists injured in an attempted robbery.

Police sources said that when officers arrived at the scene, they found that the two people were stabbingwithout risk to life, but in any case they were referred by SAME to the hospital in Argerich for treatment.

It is Karig (29) and his brother Gernof (34) Beihammerboth of Austrian nationality and staying in the city of Buenos Aires in a hotel located on Rivadavia Avenue, a few meters from 9 de Julio Avenue.