Poor Girl That Could Not Afford 15 Bday Party Shot Dead

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Story By: Pol F, Sub-Editor: James King, Agency: Newsflash

A teenage girl who could not afford to throw a party to celebrate her 15th birthday has been shot and killed when she went with her brother to a friend’s party to celebrate instead.

Local media said that Maria Paula Castaneda Callejas, who is from a low-income family, had decided to celebrate at another party in the Nueva Castilla neighborhood, in the municipality of Ibague, the capital of Tolima department, located in the central-occidental area of Colombia.

She had been accompanied by her 21-year-old brother to a party organised by other friends which they joined at around 5pm. She was apparently shot by another woman, who arrived three hours later, at 8pm.

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It is unclear who the other woman was and whether she knew the teenager before shooting her.

She was taken critically injured to the local hospital where medics could only confirm her death.

In dialogue with ElNuevoDia, Luisa Fernanda Garzon, one of the victim’s sisters, said the family was still in the dark as to who would have wanted to shoot the sister or why?

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Fernanda Garzon said that due to the pandemic and other factors, the family did not have the resources to celebrate the girl’s 15th birthday and that was why she had gone to another friend’s party. It was unhurt clear who organised it and what they were celebrating.

The sister of the dead girl added that the first the family knew of the tragedy was when her brother, not named, had called their mum Edith Castaneda Cardenas to ask for the minor’s identity card so she could get treatment.

He said that she had been injured, but did not say she had been shot and said he was travelling with her to the local hospital.

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By the time the family arrived at the hospital, they were told the girl had died.

The Metropolitan Police of Ibague reported that the investigation was now in the hands of the Public Prosecutors Office.

So far there are no people captured for this event and the investigation continues.

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