Man attacks another man with machetes in Havana neighborhood

A man armed with a machete suddenly entered a home in the Atarés neighborhood of Havana and attacked its residents, the news portal reported.Cubanet.

According to a video posted onFacebook, the individual entered a house where a woman lived with her family and attacked those who were there.

A man was injured and the attacker left, leaving the machete at the scene.

The police arrived an hour after the family called for help.

The ambulance to take the injured man to the hospital "never arrived," the report states.

The video shows a police officer removing the machete from the scene, and a group of young people loading the injured person into the patrol car, which took him to the hospital.

To make matters worse, when the police were on their way to the hospital, they crossed paths with another patrol car and the drivers started talking.

"He doesn't give a damn if theman "he's injured, they go calmly to the hospital," the reporter said anguished.

The severity of the injuries and whether the attacker was arrested is unknown.

The Atarés neighborhood belongs to the Cerro de La Habana municipality.

This fact adds to thewave of violence in Cuba, where unusual events have been reported in recent days.

A few weeks ago another man armed with a knife arrived at the house of a mother who lived with her 12-year-old son andHe told him that he should kill them "for the good of humanity.".

A neighbor who tried to defend the woman and was stabbed in various parts of her body, including a lung.

Many attribute these events to the lack of medications for patients with psychiatric problems, others to the high drug consumption in society.