A nine-year-old girl was shot in the leg in the west of the country.

A nine-year-old girl was shot in the leg while lying on the sidewalk in front of her home in Ituzaingó at 71:00. The creature has been touched in the right knee and for the moment the origin of the projectile is unknown.

In just under two months, it was the third act of violence committed by a boy or a girl.

The spokespersons for the prosecution indicated that measures were under way to clarify the facts.

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The police went to the scene when she was informed that there was a girl, identified as Keila S., a bullet wound that had been transferred to the Polyclinic of San Martín But that's because of the injury she had suffered, he ordered that she be finally sent back to the Children's Hospital Víctor J. Vilela.

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The sequence in which the victim was injured is unclear. A version followed by the investigators indicated that he had been injured by a stray bullet. In this sense, the only testimony collected so far is that of Graciela F., the baby's mother.

The woman stated that at the time of the incident, she was inside her house and that her daughter was on the sidewalk. At that moment, he heard the girl screaming and when he came out, he saw that the girl had been injured in the leg.

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The door of the house where Francesca was the day she was shot.

Photo: The capital / Archives.

Director of Víctor J. Vilela Hospital, Viviana Esquivel, said in statements to the program Zysman 830which is issued by The eightKeila entered the hospital "with a right knee injury." It is a bullet that left holes in and out and which, fortunately, only touched the soft parts. The projectile did not touch the bone or the nervous vascular system. "

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Esquivel said that the girl "is out of danger", but interned in the guard sector under observation. "The interdisciplinary team from the hospital would treat this case as usual, with interviews with the girl's mother and extended family, and we will evaluate the appropriate time to release her to ensure security of the girl's return home, "he concluded.

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Benjamin, shortly before being released

Photo: The capital / Archives.

Repeated cases This case adds to that of Francesca, a one and a half year old baby, who was shot by a bullet when her house in the 100 bis Iberia pass was hit.

Benjamin Biñale, eight, was injured by a stray bullet that hit him in the head. The boy was about to play a football game at club Pablo VI when he was injured by the projectile. Benjamin was able to recover and returned home