Two teenage brothers, 13 and 15 years old, both students at the Technical School No. 1 of Lomas de Zamora, were found seriously beaten when they were with other companions in Plaza Grigera, in front of the Municipality itself from the Buenos Aires town, when they defended themselves from an attempted robbery, after leaving classes. One of them remains in a coma as a result of the injuries: they hit him with a hammer.
They were about to eat in the park when another group of teenagers approached both brothers, who were accompanied by other classmates this Friday at noon. Christopher (15), the oldest, tried to defend himself from the attempted robbery by the group of young attackers, when one of them brandished a hammer and hit him on the head.
Seeing his brother being attacked, Steven, the younger of the two, came to her defensebut he got the worst of it: he was also hit on the head with the tool, which caused seizures. Both were transferred to Gandulfo Hospitalfrom Lomas de Zamora, to be treated urgently.
The eldest of the brothers must have been sutured with four stitches on his head, but the youngest suffered internal bleedinghad to be operated on and still remains in coma.
Jésica Monzón, cousin of the attacked teenagers, reported this Sunday that the identities of the attackers are already known: “It is a group from another school who usually tries to steal, and this time they came out with a hammer. All of them They are minors“he said in dialogue with TN.
According to him, the young people who attacked both brothers would be students from a school that is located a few meters from those attacked.
In addition, he explained that his cousin Steven had to be transferred to a High Complexity Hospital in Florencio Varela and suffered a worsening of his health condition: an infection was discovered after the operation, so he had to be Underwent surgery due to an increase in cranial pressure caused by the injuries. The possibility that he suffered lung injuries is also under study.
On social networks, their cousin shared her indignation: “My cousins never go out on the street, they go from school to home. The only activity they do is kickboxing with my uncle, all as a family, so that no one is on the street or anywhere,” he posted.
And he continued crudely: “Those children whom they ruined his lifewhen to go out to eat from the school in the square in front, during the intermission until returning to the institution for the workshop, that was when some scourges from another school believed that they could steal from them and hurt them like it was nothing“.
In the interview she gave this Sunday, the victims’ relative added: “My cousins They came out with anime letters from school, to play with friends, and the others came out with a hammer. “It’s inconceivable.”
The family of both teenagers attacked filed the complaint in a police station in Lomas de Zamora, although with a cover of “injuries during a fight”. Meanwhile, the Functional Instruction Unit (UFI) for Juvenile Criminal Responsibility of that jurisdiction has not yet taken measures regarding the adolescent aggressors.
