“Attempted kidnapping thwarted by quick-thinking brother, suspect arrested with slingshot injuries”

Armed with his description, the security forces crisscrossed the neighborhood and ended up arresting a suspect who had “wounds compatible with those caused by a slingshot to the head and chest”and who had been hiding in a nearby gas station.

Aged 17, he was charged with attempted kidnapping of a minor, and will be tried as an adult. Police said her brother’s decision-making speed, astonishing for her age, likely prevented the girl from getting worse.