Drunk, he brutally attacked his wife, hitting her on the head with a billhook . An episode, which occurred last night in Monastir , that could have ended in tragedy without the timely intervention of the carabinieri, alerted by a call to 112 from the victim.
The woman, 56 years old , found the strength to ask for help after the violent attack suffered by her husband at the height of an argument most likely also due to alcohol abuse.
The Carabinieri of the local station, together with those of the NORM Radiomobile Unit of Sanluri, found the woman with a large cut on her head and numerous abrasions on her face . Rescued and treated by the 118 personnel, the victim refused to be taken to the hospital but told the Carabinieri of previous episodes of mistreatment suffered by her husband.
A billhook with a blade over 30 cm long was found and seized in the house, most likely used to hit the victim. The man, a 45-year-old unemployed man known to the police, was immediately arrested for mistreatment of the family and taken to the prison in Uta .
(Unioneonline/L)