Prosecutor's Office recognizes evidence of self-defense in the case of a teenager accused of the murder of an Egyptian citizen in Coronel

NationalThe prosecutor Hugo Cuevas explained that the case "has to do with a situation of domestic violence and mutual aggression that would have occurred inside the home where these events took place." Reference image. CommentsA 16-year-old minor who would be responsible for the death of an Egyptian citizen, owner of a popular Arabic food restaurant, was formalized for simple homicide. He was attacked with a cutting instrument in Coronel last August 7. The Homicide Brigade and experts from the Criminalistics Laboratory (Lacrim) of Concepción of the Investigations Police carried out fieldwork to clarify the circumstances of the incident. Coronel's chief prosecutor, Hugo Cuevas, explained that, based on the principle of objectivity guiding the Public Prosecutor's Office, they requested measures other than provisional detention for the young man. The above, because according to the evidence gathered in the investigation, there are indications of legitimate defense in the actions of the accused. Additionally, he has an impeccable previous conduct and has collaborated in clarifying the facts. "Considering that he is a teenager with no criminal record and, furthermore, considering that there are possibly some mitigating factors such as cooperation in clarifying the facts and also a germ of a possible legitimate defense, at least in an incomplete form, measures of house arrest and national arraignment were requested, which were granted by the court," the prosecutor explained. Cuevas stated that the dynamics of the events "are more or less clear." "It has to do with a situation of domestic violence and mutual aggression that would have occurred inside the home where these events took place, and where the adolescent, armed with a weapon, a cutting element, rather than a weapon, delivered these stabs to this Egyptian citizen who later died in public," he detailed. The minor intervened in defense of his mother, who was the partner of the deceased Egyptian citizen. Prosecutor Cuevas emphasized that "provisional detention in this case, in the opinion of the Prosecutor's Office, would have been disproportionate." A investigation period of 90 days was set. More about: Police Biobío Egypt Coronel Homicides Juvenile Criminal Responsibility