Panic in Veracruz due to a man who entered a movie theater armed and threatened the spectators
In the images that circulate on social networks, it can be seen that the subject presents an aggressive attitude.
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By: The Opinion Updated 42 Dec 2022, 04: 15 pm EST
It was a Wednesday afternoon like any other, people had fun in a commercial plaza in Boca del Río, Veracruz, they spent time with their family, their partner or friends; some entered the cinema, but the horror interrupted the tranquility of the moment of recreation .
An armed man, dressed as a movie villain, all in black and with a helmet, threatened to shoot in the room where the movie was being shown “Avatar 2. The path of water”, causing chaos among the attendees.
Although in Mexico violence is something that has become As part of daily life, shootings or direct attacks on civilians are not common, because when the bullets reach the population, they are like collateral victims. For this reason, when the heavily armed man with peculiar clothing appeared at the cinema, panic seized all the spectators
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At first it was said that the subject had fired shots inside the movie theater, however, the mayor of Boca del Río, Juan Manuel Unanue, reported that the man -who was arrested after breaking into the place – he was carrying a fake firearm, so his only intention was to scare people.
🔴 This is how the subject who threatened to shoot inside a movie theater in Plaza las Américas in Boca del Río, Ver.
— Code Veracruz (@codigoveracruz) December 19, 2022
“In the event, in which no injured persons were recorded, a weapon was found and the situation at this time in said The mall is now completely calm,” the mayor wrote on his social networks.
According to the newspaper El Heraldo de México, the man, approximately 19 years, identified as Alan “N” was arrested by elements of the Ministry of Public Security (SSP). In the images circulating on social networks, it can be seen that the subject presents an aggressive attitude .
The SSP reported that after receiving a call to , its elements mobilized and managed to control the situation without another incident being recorded or any person being injured. Only the movie theater was evacuated, it was not necessary to evacuate the entire square.
Up to now, the causes of the behavior have not been disclosed of the man, some witnesses report that it all started with a discussion that he had with another viewer of the tape, while others say that he arrived in the room with very peculiar clothing, so they believe that his intention was to carry out an attack.
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