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Prosecutor Orders Psychiatric Evaluation After Alleged Antisemitic Attack on Mother and Baby in Palermo

The case advances under Fiscalía N°5 with custody measures in place.

Overview

  • Influencer Michelle Iman Schmukler reported a neighbor shouted antisemitic slurs and threw a metal object toward her and her eight-month-old at their Palermo home.
  • The accused allegedly acknowledged the act to responding officers and, according to the victim, said he regretted not having better aim.
  • Prosecutors directed a psychiatric evaluation at Hospital Fernández and ordered socio-environmental and interdisciplinary reports, with the man set to return for further studies under police custody.
  • Authorities assigned a panic button and stationed a City Police patrol at the building as protection for the family.
  • The City Security Ministry referred the initial police handling to Internal Affairs after the couple said officers advised them to move, as DAIA and Security Minister Patricia Bullrich contacted the family and the investigation proceeds as a potential antisemitic offense.