Gang members stab a schoolboy when he was leaving his school in San Juan de Miraflores

On block 8 of the Guillermo Billinghurst Avenue in San Juan de Mirafloreswhere an educational institution with the same name as the district is located, a fourth-year high school student, who was leaving classes on the afternoon of Thursday the 14th, was cornered by four guysand one of them stabbed in the back at the height of the thorax.

According to media reports that arrived at the scene, it was a gang that was waiting for the departure of the 15 year old teenager outside the San Juan educational institution. Security camera images showed how a member of the gang, who was wearing red shorts, removed a knife from her pocket and later stabbed the schoolboy.

Immediately, parents, neighbors and surrounding merchants shouted for help to stop the subjects who attacked the minor. Agents of the terna group of the National Police of Peru (PNP) They approached the gang and managed to arrest three of the four attackers, who were taken to the San Juan de Miraflores police station.

Meanwhile, the young man was rushed tol María Auxiliadora Hospital, located a few minutes from the school, in the same Lima district. The student is under observation; further information about his health status is not yet known.

There is a police hypothesis, according to reports Latin News, which indicates that it is violence between barristas. Apparently, the attackers belong to the sports team’s bars academicwhile the seriously injured teenager would be part of the blue and white team, Alianza Lima.

At the beginning of March, a measure was established to strengthen security in the educational environment of Limefrom March 11thschoolchildren who return to the classrooms will have the surveillance of 1,500 police officers assigned for this purpose. This action is part of the Safe Peru Planwhich aims to offer a safe environment for the learning and well-being of students both in the educational institutions as in the whereabouts nearby.

The decision to increase police presence around schools and bus stops has the main goal of preventing crime and contributing to the reduction of insecurity rates in the Peruvian capital. Alberto Otarolaformer president of Minister councilhighlighted the importance of the police force working in a coordinated manner with the neighborhood meetings to maximize the effectiveness of this plan. The initial focus of the plan is to address the causes of crime to significantly improve citizen security.

In this way, the government committed to fighting against violence and citizen insecurity. Through the words of the then premier, who stated that by presidential order, the troops will not only be limited to patrolling, but will also establish strategies in conjunction with local communities to prevent any type of incidents that may affect the students’ environment. . This seeks to ensure that children and young people can focus on their education without additional worries.