The 15-year-old who stabbed his 40-year-old father last night in Siliqua, their town of residence in southern Sardinia, at the height of an argument, has been arrested on charges of attempted murder .
The boy has already been taken to the juvenile prison of Quartucciu . The father, however, after an initial hospitalization at the Brotzu hospital in Cagliari, was transferred to the Santissima Trinità where he underwent surgery : his son stabbed him in the throat.
The Carabinieri of the Iglesias Company, coordinated by the new commander Luigi Di Costanzo, worked all night to reconstruct the incident and have continued their investigations since this morning.
Father and son were in a car when they started arguing. A real fight at the end of which the 15-year-old grabbed a knife and stabbed his parent in the throat . He then got out of the car and fled on foot.
The father reached the town alone where he was rescued. The carabinieri arrived on site, and within a few minutes they tracked down the boy as he was wandering the streets of Siliqua.
The 40-year-old was rushed to Brotzu and then transferred to Santissima Trinità for surgery: from what we understand, his life is not in danger.
(Unioneonline/vl)
