The Cuban Prosecutor’s Office ordered this Thursday to proceed again to the arrest of the man who had been arrested for the first time after assaulting the singer Katia Naranjo, vocalist of La Original de Manzanillo, injured during a concert in Morón, Ciego de Ávila. The 53-year-old individual, whom the victim’s family defines as “wandering” (beggar), threw a bottle of rum onto the stage that hit Naranjo in the face.
In a use In the press, the entity reported that it had reviewed the criminal proceedings initiated by the Morón Police, in which the events that occurred on the night of August 26 were recounted. He assured that the “characteristics of the accused” and the motives for his conduct were being studied, but that in the meantime he will remain in prison.
The intervention of the Prosecutor’s Office occurred after both relatives and followers of the artist denounced the inaction of the authorities and the impunity with which the aggressor had acted.
The sister of the victim and director of La Original de Manzanillo, Karelia Naranjo, he pointed the “indignation and impotence” of her acquaintances after the singer was “brutally attacked” at the Morón concert. The result of the attack: “External puncture wounds on the upper lip and nostril and punctures on the inside of the lip, septum fracture luckily with little displacement, complete break and trauma to some teeth as well as a strong blow and cut near the right eye” , summarized.
“This means that any crazy person can do whatever they want and disfigure someone, end up on the street and nothing happens, just a precautionary measure”
The family, Naranjo said, contacted the Police to check the progress of the case two days after the concert. The officers’ response was that they had released the assailant “with a precautionary measure”, since “the damage caused was slight” and the individual could not bear to stay “in jail” due to having a colectomy – the surgical removal of a segment of the large intestine–, in addition to having “psychiatric papers” and being a beggar.
“This means that any madman can do whatever he wants and disfigure someone, end up on the street and nothing happens, just a precautionary measure,” lamented Naranjo, who asked for a review of the case by the Justice and thanked those who they had worried about their sister.
This Wednesday, the official press alluded to the event, which 3,000 residents of Morón witnessed, which he described as “a shame for the city.” According to Pachy Naranjo, founder of La Original de Manzanillo and father of the singer, the group was concentrating on the concert when suddenly a “thud” was heard and the woman fell to the ground.
At the moment, they reported, Katia Naranjo is in “absolute rest” with “special food, because she cannot chew.” Regarding the directors of Culture in Ciego de Ávila who organized the event, he stated invaderThey refused to offer statements to the official press.
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