They identify a man who was almost lynched after an attempted assault in Santiago de Cuba

The man who was almost lynched by a crowd in Santiago de Cuba this Tuesday, whenassaulted a mother and her young son leaving a pediatric hospital, was identified asAlfredo Arzola.

Several sources confirmed to journalist Yosmany Mayeta Labrada, based in the United States, the identity of the thief, who tried to steal the belongings of a woman who was leaving with a child from the Sur Children's Hospital, popularly known as "La Colonia", and was arrested by local residents, who tried to prevent the police from intervening and take justice on their own.

According toversion published by the reporter On his social networks, the robber was chased by people who witnessed the incident and tried to hide in a hallway of some houses, on 2nd Street of Trocha, in the Vista Hermosa Council.

“But the enraged people tried to lynch him,” Mayeta stressed and added that “five patrols with police arrived at the scene and were unable to control the population or remove the attacker, because, when they tried to remove him, the very indignant people lined up to attack him. ”.

The report stated that the PNR requested reinforcements and a command of "black berets" with long weapons arrived at the scene, "to try to intimidate the bad-tempered crowd, who were shouting for him to be handed over to them, so that they could 'give him a lesson'. ”.

According to Mayeta, the “black berets” were able to half control the situation and quickly remove the aggressor, who was taken to a police station in the city.

The assaulted woman recovered the stolen belongings and must file a report of the incident, he indicated.

The Cuban reporter reported that Arzola resides in Loma de Chicharrones and has served prison several times for the crime of “robbery with force.”

According to the sources cited by Mayeta, approximately a month ago, the individual tried to rob an apartment, but was arrested and later released.

Also in Santiago de Cuba, but in the Santa Bárbara neighborhood,Neighbors arrested an alleged bicycle thief, whom they managed to tie up until the police arrived and arrested him.

Other recent criminal acts reported in Santiago de Cuba add to theescalation of violence and crime in the country, in the midst of the general crisis that Cuba is going through.

In addition to assaults and robberies with the use of force, the frequency ofmurders in the country, althoughthe regime continues to deny an increase in crimes and blames social networks for the visibility of these crimes.