A teenage girl identified as Yenifer Gómez was stabbed on Tuesday by her ex-boyfriend at the home where she lived with her grandmother, in the Nuevo Vista Alegre neighborhood of Santiago de Cuba.
Neighbors reported that the teenager suffered injuries in several parts of her body, according to journalist Yosmany Mayeta's post on Facebook.
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The alleged assailant, identified as Flavio Lamar, is being sheltered by family members with connections to the police, according to the journalist.
The young girl was rushed to the Frank País polyclinic, where she was stabilized. Twenty minutes later, an ambulance transported her to the Dr. Antonio María Béguez César Children's Hospital, commonly known as La Colonia.
"She arrived here in a critical condition, but we were able to take her out, and now she is undergoing treatment. Her health is very delicate," reported a staff member of the children's hospital to journalist Mayeta.
The spokesperson emphasized that the victim is in the intensive care unit, as it has not yet been possible to operate on her. "She has a tension pneumothorax, a head injury affecting one ear."
Additionally, he reported that the teenager is being cared for by intensivists, otolaryngologists, neurosurgeons, and surgeons: "She is already intubated and connected to the ventilator, currently in cardiac arrest and unstable. She has 3 grams of hemoglobin. A transfusion is in progress," he stated.
According to the journalist, a patrol car remains stationed outside the Children's Hospital, waiting to capture the young assailant, who is still at large.
"I'm still looking for details about this unfortunate incident," Mayeta noted.
Recently, a 28-year-old man identified as Raciel Palacios, a resident of the Reparto Altamira neighborhood in Santiago de Cuba, was stabbed near a bus stop in that area.
Mayeta announced on Facebook that Palacios, who is the father of a young girl, was rushed to Joaquín Castillo Duany Military Hospital with serious injuries.
Last July, a young woman from Santiago de Cuba who was stabbed by her partner had to undergo emergency surgery for the second time.
The victim, named Ana Keilan Portillo, underwent surgery at the Saturnino Lora Provincial Hospital, where she is currently hospitalized.
"Ana Keilan is reported to be in serious condition but is evolving satisfactorily following this new surgical intervention," it was specified on Facebook.
The Cuban regime has acknowledged the rise in crime on the island, which previously portrayed itself as a secure country.
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