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A gastronomic establishment located at 500 Belgrano Street, in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of San Telmo, was the scene of a violent fight between two employees that could have ended in the worst way. In the middle of a shouting discussion, the pastry chef at the restaurant reacted unexpectedly and He attacked the cook, whom, at the critical moment of the episode, he held him tightly while he held a knife near his neck, threatening to cut his throat.. The companions managed to separate them, but a security camera in the kitchen area of the bar Enitma recorded the episode, which went viral.
The identities of the protagonists were not provided. But Maximiliano, one of the owners of the business, stated that the pastry chef is his brother and after the violent episode – which occurred last Thursday – he was fired, while the cook is on leave, with a medical file and psychological treatment.
The owner of the bar maintained that the origin of the episode was a long-standing situation of “harassment between the two”, while denying that the conflict is related to a request for a salary increase, as emerged this morning.
However, Fabián Álvez, organizational secretary of the gastronomic union (Uthgra) told the press, at the door of the premises, on the corner of Belgrano and Bolívar, that the general secretary of the union, Dante Camaño, had received the complaint. that an attack had occurred, and stated that for a month they have been focusing on Enitma due to different situations raised by employees. He did not specify it, but some employees told the journalists who went to the place to cover the news that there is a salary claim and, also, situations of bad work environment, eventually with the cook.
The incident came to light after the brawl was recorded by the establishment’s security cameras. The video captured how the victim, at the moment she went to look for merchandise from the refrigerator, was approached by the pastry chef, who approached from behind, at a firm pace, with a large blade in his hand. She notices that she rebukes him while she chases him, and even hits him on the back with the blade, and that the manager talks to him to try to dissuade him. But the tension only increased.
The moment the cook opened the cold room to put away a tray of food, the pastry chef positioned himself to hold him tightly from behind; He crossed his forearm across his neck to immobilize him and, at that moment, threatened to stab him. At that crossroads, another employee managed to separate them. The pastry chef then left quickly, continuing to scold his opponent, who tried to continue with his tasks.
In dialogue with the news channel TNMaximiliano, the owner of the premises and brother of the attacker, declared: “It was an argument between two employees; At this time there is a court case involved. It was part of a harassment between two people and well, it ended how it ended”.
“The one with the knife is my brother. It’s a topic that bothers me. “He stopped working, he was fired,” he said, before saying that the victim is undergoing psychological treatment.
In addition, he confirmed that his brother, the knife attacker, “stopped working” at the bar and that the case “is in the hands of the company’s lawyer.” “The version is that it is a problem between them, in which the company has nothing to do with; There are 30 families here. There is a perimeter for one of the employees. “My brother was fired and the cook is undergoing psychological treatment.”he remarked.
The complaint was filed at Neighborhood Police Station 1 D of the City Police, and according to the victim, the incident arose after a complaint about his salary situation. However, other employees of the establishment said that the attacked cook, who had been working there for a year and a half, “had a bad relationship, with insults and threats and mistreatment of the women” employed in the business, who had already raised several complaints. complaints about “harassment with gestures and words.”
The Criminal, Misdemeanor and Misdemeanor Prosecutor’s Office No. 17 of Buenos Aires, led by prosecutor Tomás Vaccarezza, intervened in the case.
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