Overview
- The attack occurred near midday on November 6 on Avenida Corrientes at the 3200 block, close to the Abasto Shopping area.
- Bystanders alerted emergency services, and SAME transported the victim to a hospital where she died hours later from a traumatic brain injury.
- Police detained a man of about 30 at the intersection of Córdoba and Junín and moved him to Hospital Borda under police custody.
- Authorities report the detainee has about 20 prior criminal records and a history of psychiatric hospitalizations at Durand, Piñero and Borda.
- The victim, Maria Vilma das Dores Cascalho da Silva Bosco, was a retired Goiás court employee visiting her daughter studying medicine at UBA, and relatives are urging a faster autopsy and release for repatriation.