The Attorney General's Office of Panama achieved the provisional detention of a man accused of stabbing a lottery ticket seller and robbing him of a backpack containing National Lottery bills in the Betania township, in the capital city.
The attack caused him serious injuries that put his life at risk, according to the Public Ministry.
The incident occurred in the parking lots of a supermarket in Los Ángeles, Betania township.
With a bladed weapon, the assailant stripped the victim of the backpack containing lottery chances and tickets.
The Second Section for Crimes Against Economic Property of the Metropolitan Prosecutor's Office filed charges for aggravated robbery and attempted homicide against the suspect.
The Guarantees Court admitted the legalization of the apprehension and the formulation of charges during the hearing.
In another action, an operation by the National Police at a checkpoint located in the district of Arraiján, in Panama Oeste, ended with the provisional detention of three men.
The officers checked them while they were traveling in a vehicle in the early morning of November 9, at around 2:50 a.m.
During the inspection, the units located a 9-millimeter firearm with seven rounds of ammunition. The Regional Prosecutor's Office of Panama Oeste charged them with illegal possession of a firearm.
One of the three also received an additional charge of a crime against public faith, for identifying himself with an ID card that does not belong to him...
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The knife attack put the ticket seller's life at risk, according to the Public Prosecutor's Office authorities. - credit FreepikThe Attorney General's Office of Panama achieved the provisional detention of a man accused of stabbing a lottery ticket seller and stealing a backpack containing National Lottery bills in the Betania township, in the capital city. The attack caused him serious injuries that endangered his life, according to the Public Prosecutor's Office. The incident occurred in the parking lots of a supermarket in Los Ángeles, Betania township. With a bladed weapon, the assailant stripped the victim of the backpack containing lottery chances and tickets. The Second Section of Crimes Against Economic Property of the Metropolitan Prosecutor's Office filed charges of aggravated robbery and attempted homicide against the man. The assailant stripped the victim of the backpack that contained chances and lottery tickets inside, authorities recounted. The Guarantees Court admitted the legalization of the apprehension and the formulation of charges during the hearing. In their actions, an operation by the National Police at a checkpoint located in the district of Arraiján, in West Panama, ended with the provisional detention of three men. The agents checked them while they were traveling in a vehicle in the early morning of November 9, around 2:50 a.m. During the inspection, the units located a 9-millimeter caliber firearm with seven rounds of ammunition. The West Panama Regional Prosecutor's Office charged them with illicit possession of a firearm. One of the three also received an additional charge of a crime against public faith, for identifying himself with an ID card that did not belong to him. Firearms seized in the operations carried out by the National Police. (PN)In Panama, when a person carries a weapon without a permit and also uses false documents, the Prosecutor's Office simultaneously charges them with illicit possession of a firearm and a crime against public faith, as happened with one of the detainees in Arraiján. The Second Section of Crimes Against Economic Property presented before the Guarantees Court the requests for legalization of the apprehension, formulation of charges, and precautionary measures. The court admitted them in a multiple requests hearing. In another operation, the Homicide and Femicide Section of the Metropolitan Prosecutor's Office apprehended, through Operation Castigo, a man in the Tanara sector, Invasión community, Chepo district, for attempted homicide. In a subsequent proceeding, investigators located a knife that was allegedly used to commit the attack. Data provided by the authorities indicate that the case dates back to June 6, at 10:30 p.m., also in Tanara. One of the suspects remains handcuffed after being captured by police units. (PN)The victim had entered the alleged aggressor's property to reconnect the electricity cables of his home, which had been cut moments before. The man wounded him with a bladed weapon in the abdomen. Units of the National Border Service transferred the wounded man to a hospital. The apprehended man will be brought in the coming hours before a Guarantees Court for the multiple hearings, where the charges will be formulated and the precautionary measures will be defined. The National Police, in coordination with the Public Prosecutor's Office, captured two people wanted for attempted homicide through Operation Expansión. Among those apprehended is a man identified as alias "Yunito balacera," who is linked to an attack against an Asian citizen that occurred on September 13 at a mini supermarket in the Santa Librada sector. Several academic certificates and diplomas remain on a wooden desk, among which is a university degree marked with a red fake stamp. (Illustrative image Infobae)The second detainee was wanted for another case of attempted homicide, recorded on March 17, 2025. Through a search warrant carried out in the San Antonio sector, Tocumen township, police units apprehended a citizen for the alleged crime against public faith, in the modality of document forgery. The citizen, 27 years old, was in possession of a document dated October 5, 2026, issued by the West Panama Regional Prosecutor's Office.