A criminal was arrested by the Police after an
attempted kidnapping
of a boy at the Flores station on the Sarmiento line.
The arrest could be made after
the reaction of a dozen passengers
who, with blows, prevented the captor from taking the baby.
Everything was recorded by security cameras.
The violent event was recorded on Sunday, February 26, at 10:30 p.m., when an " alert
" was received
through the application about an attempted kidnapping of a minor.
In the video you can see the quick reaction of some passengers who help the baby inside the car.
And the
punches
intimidate the captor.
In the images from the train's security cameras, several passengers can be seen chasing the man from
car to car
and beating him until he is immobilized.
When the formation arrives at the Flores station, several passengers beat the captor down.
Already on the platform, two agents of the Federal Police definitively arrest the delinquent and prevent the kidnapper from being lynched.
Sarmiento Train: federal agents arrest the captor and prevent the lynching of the passengers.
Photo: Video Capture
According to police sources, a passenger who witnessed the scene gave the alert through the cell phone application.
“
A guy in a pink shirt and jean shorts wanted to kidnap a kid
,” he warned.
A warning that was added to by the train driver, who also alerted the Police to the situation.
"Train Command, in car 5
I have disturbances
," he is heard in the audio of the video.
”Taken sheet 7, Commando Natalia wanted to force down a minor.
We have already intervened in Flores, Federal is expected”, the voice of an operator is heard.
The boy was eventually returned to a relative.
Meanwhile, the offender was accused of "abduction of minors and attempt" and he was taken to the Sarmiento Division of the Federal Police.
The investigation was carried out by the National Criminal and Correctional Court No. 31.
What is the App "Safe Trains"
"
Safe Trains
" is an application that can be downloaded to any cell phone and its purpose is to facilitate calls to Security Forces, Firefighters or Emergency Medical Services.
This in case of detecting a crime, an emergency situation or a case of urgent need for medical assistance.
The Safe Trains App that serves to "alert" irregularities in trains.
Photo: Ministry of Transport
It is used for train passengers as well as for people on the platforms and is used to send "alerts of anomaly situations".
The application works as a kind of mobile anti-panic button and allows you to report four types of situations: Police, to report robberies, outbursts, fights and other acts of insecurity;
Ambulance, to notify about medical emergencies;
Firefighters, to ask for help with fires and other accidents;
and Gender Violence, which serves to alert about this type of aggression against women.
DD
look also
Rosario, no man's land: neighbors who raid drug bunkers, shots in front of the cameras and another murder
Kidnapping in Mexico: they find the 4 Americans who had traveled for liposuction