A 32-year-old man is in pre-trial detention for allegedly trying to kill his wife in the presence of a child last Thursday in the municipality of Silves, Algarve, the Judiciary Police said.
“The Judiciary Police (PJ) identified and detained a 32 -year -old man for the presumed authorship of qualified homicide crimes in the attempted form, domestic violence and detention of a banned weapon, committed on the morning of January 30, in the zone of Silves ”, informs this security force in a statement.
According to the PJ report, the events took place when the woman was sleeping, and the aggressor resorted to a kitchen knife to “blow her into the neck area.”
“The aggression was witnessed by a son of the couple who, when screaming, managed to cease the attack,” is described in the note.
It states that the victim needed urgent hospital care, being in a “stable, but under strong medical surveillance” state.
The detainee was present to a first judicial interrogation, and the judge decided that the suspect would be in pre -trial detention.
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