A 32 year old man arrested was arrested las Thursday, for allegedly trying to kill his wife in the presence of their son, at their home in Silves.
According to the police report, the events took place in the morning, when the woman was sleeping, with the attacker using a kitchen knife to “stab her in the neck area”.
“The attack was witnessed by the couple’s son who, by screaming, managed to stop the attack,” the statement says.
The woman required urgent hospital care, and although she is now in a “stable condition", is still under "intensive medical surveillance.”
The Judicial Police (PJ) arrested the man for attempted qualified homicide, domestic violence and possession of a prohibited weapon, committed on the morning of January 30th 2025.
The detainee was brought to his first judicial interrogation, and the judge ruled that the suspect will be held in preventive detention.
