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Woman With Hockey Stick Damages Radio 10 Hosts’ Cars Outside Palermo Studio

No station staff were hurt, with police containing the woman after reports of an apparent mental-health crisis.

Overview

  • Thursday morning’s incident unfolded at Uriarte and Nicaragua in Palermo, outside the building where Radio 10 operates.
  • The two vehicles left heavily damaged belong to journalists Gustavo Sylvestre and Gabriela Radice, according to on-air accounts and police.
  • Witnesses reported an initial lack of intervention by a lone City Police officer before additional officers arrived and restrained the woman.
  • Police from Comisaría Vecinal 14 A responded to calls and requested SAME to evaluate the woman after she smashed windows and bodywork with the stick.
  • Sylvestre said the woman shouted incoherently and did not appear to single out the station or its personnel, adding that insurance will address the material losses.