'I'm going to commit an attack': man with a machete tries to break into the presidential headquarters of Argentina

The Minister of Security of Argentina, Patricia Bullrichrevealed on his X account (formerly Twitter) that a subject armed with a machete and other knives tried to break into the Pink Housethe seat of the Executive of that country.

“He approached the Casa Rosada with a machete and other sharp elements and the officer of the Federal Police of Argentina (PFA) Yanina Violante, upon seeing the handle in the attacker's backpack, prevented his advance and reduced him. “Congratulations to Corporal Violante!” wrote Bullrich in X.

According to the reconstruction of the episode by the Argentine newspaper The nationthe 29-year-old man took advantage of the arrival of an official at the Casa Rosada to try to sneak through one of the entrances. “I'm going to eat an attack,” he shouted, according to reporters from that outlet.

The incident would have occurred around 3:45 pm (local time) in the historic center of Buenos Aires. “Quickly, PFA members pushed him onto the street and closed access to the Government House,” he says. The nation.

When they denied him access, the man began to threaten people who were walking in the area. This caused the officers to subdue him. After being seized, the uniformed officers seized, in addition to the machete, “a grill-type fork and five serrated discs from a grinder,” adds the Argentine media. The man was finally arrested.