Victim of domestic violence jumps through the balcony in Lagos
A 45-year-old woman threw herself from her home porch on the first floor in Lagos while being a victim of domestic violence. The companion was arrested in the act. It is suspected of the crime of kidnapping and domestic violence.
No despair and in an attempt to escape the aggressions and death threats of their partner who will have lasted about an hour, the Woman jumped from the balcony.
The episode of domestic violence took place on Wednesday afternoon. He caught the attention of the neighborhood, being quite audible on the street, where the firefighters and the police to act quickly came together.
Those who passed the street at the moment the woman threw herself still tried to support the fall.
Before, with the police seeing everything, the 50 -year -old suspect had appeared to the balcony with a knife in hand and holding the woman by the neck.
According to the report made by, the PSP then broke down a door down the side street, to have access to housing and stop the man.
At this point, the aggressor dropped the victim, threw objects against the police and the Woman, “terrified”, took the opportunity to flee through the balcony.
The man then tried to escape the same way too; And it was at that moment, when falling, that he was arrested by PSP.
After first interrogation, this Thursday, the suspect will wait for the trial in pre -trial detention. In a statement, the PSP de Faro says that the man is indicted for the practice of crime of kidnapping and domestic violence.
The victim is free of danger and, according to SIC, has been discharged.
“At the scene, the police found the veracity of the communication, finding the detainee on the porch at the 1st floor level of the housing to handle a woman (who later found out to be his companion) with one arms, holding a large knife in the opposite handutter death threats. Given the police assessment that the threats and to safeguard the victim’s life could be found, the police present entered the residence, when it was able to break free and sought to flee jumping from the porch to the public road, which he managed to do, falling with some soil violence, taking the time between the porch and the considerable ground level, ”reads the PSP note, cited by CNN.
According to the same police, “there were no previous records of episodes of domestic violence among the interveners.”
