Walter Safarian suffered this Wednesday a assault in the neighborhood Palermo before entering Radio La Red. The journalist was surprised when he was about to get out of his vehicle by a thief who tried to take his belongings with a knife and, in a struggle to try to get out of the situation, He was injured with a cut on his left arm.
At that moment, agents from Neighborhood Police Station 14 B of the City Police arrested him, since They were following him after committing other crimes in the zone.
The thief took Gorriti Street and in front of Radio La Red – where the América TV channel also operates – he met Safarian, who He was getting out of his Honda Fit. to go to his workplace, since it was the schedule of Juan Carlos “Toti” Pasman’s program.
Luckily for him, the sports journalist was fast reflexes and crossed his left arm to the thief to prevent him from getting into his car. Due to this maneuver, Safarian He received a cut on his arm. The knife used by the criminal was found at the scene.
The police arrested the attacker, seized him the 30 centimeter knife and they requested an ambulance from SAME to assist the journalist, who was treated on the sidewalk for the injuries suffered, luckily, superficial.
The National Criminal and Correctional Court Number 42 intervened in the crime, headed by Judge Fernández and Secretary Juan Pablo Carovano, who opened a case for “attempted robbery.”
Walter Safarian returned to work at La Red last year, after almost 15 years since his previous stint at that radio station. Together with Toti Pasman, he airs from 9pm to 12pm. His attacker had a criminal record and was a fugitive.
The thief who cut Walter Safarian was on the run for another robbery
The thief, 50 years old, had criminal record and a current arrest warrant since April, for a robbery, according to police sources.
The identity of the criminal was not revealed, but it was learned that he had gone out on a tour this Wednesday night to surprising drivers when they got out of their cars to try to steal them.
That’s how attacked a 65 year old woman on Arévalo Street at 1800 when he wanted to take his Volkswagen Nivus, but he couldn’t. The thief continued his march towards Fitz Roy yeat the door of the canal America He tried to take a Fiat Cronos from a 45-year-old Venezuelan man, something that he could not do either.
At that point, the neighbors had already noticed his criminal raid and notified personnel from Neighborhood Police Station 14 B of the City Police who were in the area, so They began to chase him.
Once arrested by the City Police, the agents verified in the identification systems that the thief had an arrest warrant in force since April for another robbery.
Consequently, the National Criminal and Correctional Court Number 15 was notified, which was looking for him.
