BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — A Swedish tourist lost his leg after being injured during a robbery in Argentina on Dec. 30.
Christoffer Persson was assaulted when he was returning to his hotel after having dinner with his girlfriend in the tourist neighborhood of Monserrat in Buenos Aires.
According to police, the suspect tried to steal Persson's cellphone and then shot him in the right knee. The offender fled in a car after the incident.
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Argentine authorities viewed the security cameras and have collected testimony from witnesses. Persson's girlfriend praised the quick actions of passing bicyclists who applied a tourniquet to his leg.
According to the director of the Argerich Hospital, the bullet perforated Persson's thigh and doctors had to amputate his leg to save his life after surgeries to save his leg failed.