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New testimonies are piling up against a man who is terrorizing the center of Camagüey with a knife, while the police continue to take no action.
The Camagüey influencer Nara Yack added another case in a video published by La Hora de Cuba, describing how the individual threatened her family group —including a seven-year-old niece— in the middle of Agramonte Park.
The case began to go viral on June 29 when the young woman Grett publicly reported that the same individual harassed her in front of the Puma store on República Street, pulling a knife from his backpack. After more than five hours at the PNR station, the only response was a warning letter to the aggressor.
Nara Yack recounts that about five days before publishing her video, the man appeared at the side of Agramonte Park where she was spending time with her mother, her niece, and several friends.
According to his testimony, the individual was holding a sign asking for money; upon receiving nothing, he folded it up, insulted everyone present, and took out a knife, threatening the group.
"We are talking about a real threat, a person who is walking around with a knife threatening everyone because they won't give them money," asserted Nara Yack.
The influencer describes that the man continued to loiter around the park throughout the afternoon and evening, and that whenever the children present saw him, they would run towards their parents.
The seven-year-old niece, upon recognizing him in the video, identified him as "the crazy guy from the park of the dead" and confirmed that "he had a knife hidden behind his hand, threatening people because they wouldn’t give him money."
Nara Yack also described the treatment that Grett's mother received at the PNR: "The police started to hassle her, saying she should have gone to the same unit located in República, that she had to wait, that she needed to line up, that they couldn't assist her."
Citizen outrage is directly aimed at this inaction. Users on social media point out that the PNR acts quickly in cases of political dissent, but neglects reports of real violence against the population.
"We don’t have to protect ourselves from alleyways, from the darkness of the night, from desolate streets. It's not just about keeping an eye out in the middle of town for someone who might threaten you with a knife, and not only for adults, but also for the children," Nara Yack asserted.
The individual's behavior pattern —who operates in very crowded areas of the city center and allegedly intimidates mainly women who refuse to give him money— has been confirmed by dozens of citizens at various locations: La Salsa, el Caribe, el Casino, Maceo Street, the Triana Bridge, and the area of the Asociación Hermanos Saíz.
The case is situated within a security crisis that is worsening in Cuba: according to the Cuban Citizen Audit Observatory, in 2025 there were 2,833 verified crimes, an increase of 115% compared to 2024 and 337% compared to 2023.
In Camagüey, the recent events are concerning: in April 2026, a woman was left in critical condition after being stabbed near the Train Terminal, marking the second knife attack reported in that area in less than a week.
As testimonies multiply, the police have not announced any measures against the individual, and neighbors warn that the authorities "are waiting for a tragedy to happen."
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