In horrifying surveillance footage, a man aged 26 attacked a business owner at 63. He hit him with a hatchet and left his head bleeding. It was filmed in Argentina.
The victim, who identified himself as Juan José, was on his way purchase a lottery ticket when the suspect dropped his bike in the middle of the street. He walked up to Juan José and hit him on the left side of face before tumbling towards the sidewalk.
The attacker, whose name was not released to the press, towered over Juan José who tried to fight him off by kicking at him several times.
Three times, the suspect attempted to hit him with an axe before finally connecting on the fourth time. He struck the victim above the right temple side.
Juan José, a produce shop owner in Rosario, Argentina, survived a hatchet attack from 26-year-old a supermarket delivery worker on Tuesday. Ten stitches were required after he was hit one on his temple. He was scheduled to appear in court on Thursday for an attempted murder case.
Juan José lies on the ground and tries to defend himself against his attacker, a 26-year-old man who works as a delivery worker at the supermarket in Rosario, Argentina, where he operates a produce shop
Juan José told Argentine station El Tres TV he did not recognize the hatchet swinging man until he asked, ‘Do you remember me?’
A father-of-3 immediately picked up the sound of the insane man, and linked it to the delivery person who works at the grocery where he operates a produce stand.
‘If I did not defend myself, I would not be talking to you today, I would be covered with nylon in the morgue,’ Juan José said in an interview with Radio 2.
The attacker backed away from Juan José as bystanders approached them.
Todo Noticias in Argentina reported that the suspect was found back at the apartment he rented, where he cooked a meal.
The 26-year-old suspects stands over 62-year-old Juan José moments before he struck him on the head with a hatchet Tuesday in Rosario, Argentina
Juan José tries to kick his attacker, who attempted three times to hit him with the hatchet before he struck him on the fourth try
Juan José walks away under his own power Tuesday afternoon after a delivery worker employed at the Rosario, Argentina, supermarket where he operates a produce shop approached him in the middle of a street and struck him with a hatchet
Juan José is seen in the video walking away behind a trail of blood. He was rushed to a Clemente Álvarez Emergency Hospital, where he received 10 stitches.
While Juan José relationship with the attacker was kept to cordial greetings at worker, he revealed that his sons had been physically assaulted by the suspect. The children of the attacker chose not to make a complaint because they believed that authorities wouldn’t take it seriously.
I’m afraid. “I will have to search everywhere I go when I leave my house,” he stated.
For arraignment of an attempted murder case, the suspect was due to appear in court.