2024-08-17 09:42:08
On Monday, the death of Luciano Pitronello was announced. He lost a hand when the bomb he was trying to plant in a bank exploded in 2011.
13 years ago what happened with Luciano Pitronelloa young man who lost his hand and part of his right arm, as well as three fingers from his other hand, after the bomb exploded prematurely which he intended to install in a branch of Banco Santander located on Vicuña Mackenna Avenue.
It was the early morning of July 1, 2011 and the 22-year-old was in serious condition as a result of the explosion and with the 70% of his body with burnsbut after recovering he had to face justice.
The explosive device he was going to use consisted of a fire extinguisher filled with black powderaccording to the expert reports carried out after the incident.
Security cameras present at the scene showed that after the explosion Pitronello was almost a minute engulfed in flamesuntil a taxi driver put it out with his fire extinguisher.
As a result of the explosion and burns, the young man not only lost one of his limbs and three fingers on his left hand, but also part of the vision in one of your eyes.
Although his case was treated as a terrorist attack, he was ultimately He was only convicted of the crime of damage under the Arms Control Actso he was with probation for six yearswhich were fulfilled in 2018.
Before Pitronello’s sentence was announced, his mother, Erika Schuffeneger, said it was all due to the fact that His son hung out “with people who weren’t good for him”.
The death of Luciano Pitronello
Luciano Pitronello, 36, had kept a low profile in recent years and Only at the time of his death was it known that he was working on a jib crane.in the Alberto Hurtado Park in La Reina.
Last Friday, while operating the machine, He ran over a high voltage cable, causing him to receive a large shock electrical, having to be urgently transferred to the Las Condes Clinic.
On Sunday night, Luciano Pitronello He died in the hospital due to the serious injuries he received during the accident.