A A minor under 13 years of age died after receiving at least two gunshot wounds while he was in a square. during the night of this Monday in the Parinacota population of the Quilicura commune.
The prosecutor Javier Mayer He stated that “it is an event that occurred around 11:00 p.m. on Monday in a square in the commune of Quilicura, where a minor received ballistic impacts that ultimately caused her death. being transferred by relatives to the respective SAPU, where she was admitted dead.”
Staff of the PDI investigates the origin and motive of the shootingin addition to other circumstances such as the possible presence of the victim’s companions.
To date, no one responsible for the crime has been found.
The Minister of the Interior, Carolina Tohá, referred to the case and maintained that “it is a reprehensible act which will have the highest police priority”.
“As a Government we are strengthening the arms control strategy, police operations and patrols, preventive interventions, as well as the resources and capabilities of criminal prosecution. “We must redouble the coordinated work of the State to combat crime,” held.
Subsequently, the minister reiterated that “the specific circumstances that we have learned about in this case make what is behind this crime even more heartbreaking. The victim is a girl in a vulnerable situationwho has received different types of support for this condition developed in a context, a very complex environment and which ended up taking his life.
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