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Video: Attacker Throws Teen Girl to Ground to Steal Backpack in Luque
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Video: Attacker Throws Teen Girl to Ground to Steal Backpack in Luque

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • A 13-year-old girl was violently robbed of her backpack while waiting for a bus in Luque, Paraguay.
  • The attacker, on a motorcycle, threw the student to the ground before fleeing with her school supplies.
  • Police are seeking public assistance to identify the suspect, releasing surveillance footage of the brazen attack.

A brazen daylight robbery in Luque, Paraguay, has left a 13-year-old girl traumatized after a motorcycle-riding assailant violently knocked her to the ground to steal her backpack. The incident, captured on surveillance cameras, occurred on June 9 as the student waited for public transport to attend school.

I ask the citizens that when you see the video, if you recognize him, please let us know, because he very violently and cruelly threw the girl to the ground.

— Javier RivasThe chief of police appealed to the public for help in identifying the suspect after releasing surveillance footage of the attack.

The footage shows the attacker approaching the girl, brandishing what appeared to be a weapon, and forcefully shoving her down before snatching her bag. Police confirmed the backpack contained only school materials. The assault occurred before 7 a.m. on June 9.

Javier Rivas, chief of the Third Police Station in Luque, described the attack as "extremely violent" and "very cowardly." He noted that while the object in the attacker's hand was unclear, it was either a blunt object or a firearm. The victim herself could not clearly identify it.

He threw her to the ground, it was very violent.

— Javier RivasThe police chief described the nature of the assault on the 13-year-old student.

Authorities have released the video and are appealing to the public for help in identifying the suspect and his motorcycle. "I ask the citizens that when you see the video, if you recognize him, please let us know, because he very violently and cruelly threw the girl to the ground," Rivas stated. The mother of the victim filed a report the same morning, initiating an immediate investigation.

It was a very cowardly attack because in her backpack she only had study materials. She was going to school, what could a girl have in her backpack?

— Javier RivasThe police chief questioned the attacker's brutality, given the victim was a student with only school supplies.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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