A teenager has been arrested after a security camera recorded the exact moment he stabbed a student in the open road in the municipality of La Dalia, department of Matagalpa, in Nicaragua. The victim of the attack lost too much blood and died soon after.
The tragic episode occurred at noon last Saturday, when the fatal victim, identified as John Brandon Vasquez Campos, 18 years oldhe was walking home from school, together with two classmates.
In the middle of the road, he was surprised by a young man in a cap and hood who was standing behind him. Noticing his presence, he whirled twice, but could not prevent the assailant, without saying a word, I’ll stick a knife in his chest, close to the heart.
The attacker fled the crime scene at a trot, while Campos, who was in his fifth year of high school at the La Dalia National Institute, faded a few minutes later he was rushed to the primary hospital of La Dalia, where he was admitted without vital signs. According to the coroner who analyzed the body, the cause of his death was a hypovolemic shockcaused by loss of blood.
The arrest of the attacker
Nicaraguan police arrested this Monday at Jerry Enrique Espino Diaz, 19 years old, as the only and main suspect in this crime. The official statement issued by the authorities ensures that there have been personal conflicts between the killer and the victim.
“About noon on Saturday, subject Jerry Enrique Espino Díaz, 18, intercepted John Brandon Vásquez Campos, 18, whom he attacked with a knife, resulting in his death,” said Matagalpa Police Department Chief, Commissioner general Luis Barrantes, in a press conference.
In the meantime, he indicated that the suspect was held up on the road 800 meters from the municipality of La Dalia and the “murder weapon” was seized: a knife with bloodstains“.
According to investigations conducted by the State Police, the blood found on the knife matches the blood of the victim. In addition, witnesses questioned by the authorities recognized the detainee as the perpetrator.
The suspect, together with the alleged evidence, was sent to the Public Prosecutor for the prosecution of the case.
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Source: Clarin
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