Overview
- Argentina’s cybercrime unit acted on an FBI report of threats posted on X, leading Federal Police to identify a 16-year-old suspect and secure a search warrant from Judge María Romilda Servini.
- Officers raided a home on Avenida Juan Bautista Alberdi and seized multiple replica firearms, knives, ammunition, pepper spray, molotov-style bottles, and a farewell letter.
- Seized writings outlined a plan for November that involved triggering a distraction at a nearby shopping center, entering a school while posing as police, isolating students in classrooms, and carrying out a shooting.
- Investigators cite evidence of extremist symbolism and admiration for mass attackers, including Nazi references and names like Brenton Tarrant and Anders Breivik inscribed on a replica submachine gun.
- The teenager is undergoing forensic evaluation at a children’s hospital as investigators review online links and materials, while his mother says the items were airsoft replicas and claims there was no danger.