This Thursday a police was injured after trying to stop a attempted robbery against a woman in Tip of RailsThe Montevideo Headquarters reported in a statement to which they had access. The Observer. This is the third police officer involved in a case like this in less than a week.
According to what was reported by the Police, the incident occurred this morning in Sagittarius and Zodiac streets in the neighborhood of Tip of Rails.
The police officer was traveling through the area on his way to work when, at one point, he detected a attempted robbery against a woman.
In this context and already in uniform, the 26-year-old officer decided to intervene immediately giving a “loud voice” to the criminal.
Upon noticing the officer’s presence, he tried to flee, which started a foot chase which later ended in a struggle between both parties.
In this context, at a certain moment, the robber managed to take the officer’s weapon, shooting him twice in the leg.
Despite this, the officer managed to recover his weapon and The criminal fled the scene.
Aware of this, police personnel went to the scene and transported the victim to a nearby medical center. where is he now out of danger.
This is the third case where a police officer is directly involved in a case of attempted robbery in the capital. In the above situations, the criminals’ objective had been the agents themselves.
The police officers kidnapped in Montevideo
In the morning hours of Mondaya police officer who was in uniform was shot and robbed in it New Ellauri neighborhoodas confirmed at the time by police sources The Observer.
The incident had occurred one block from the intersection of Teniente Galeano and San Martín Avenueas reported in the first instance Underlined (Channel 10).
The victim, who works at the National Rehabilitation Institute (INR), was on his way to work when She was surprised by two criminals who were traveling on a motorcycle.
The attackerswho acted without saying a wordthey fired several shots at the official and stole the weapon he was carrying.
As reported by the media outlet and confirmed The Observer with sources of the case, the police received three bullet holes in the body.
Two of the projectiles were stopped by the bulletproof vest he was wearing, while the third hit his left shoulder.
The second case was recorded in the La Unión neighborhood during Monday night on the streets Agustín Sosa and Commerce.
There, as reported at the time Telenight (Channel 4), a police officer was intercepted by two armed criminals when he was about to enter his home.
In this context and under threat, the perpetrators of the crime took personal documents of the officer, as well as cash and his cellular.
After this, the criminals escaped from the scene in a vehicle that was later abandoned and set on fire in Malvín Norte. The victim did not suffer any injuries as a result of the incident.
