Emiliana Pirino , the 53-year-old woman who yesterday hit her ex-husband Massimo Puliga, 55, both from Porto Torres, in the back with a pocketknife, was reported for injuries. The attack occurred around 8.30pm on the Balai seafront, in front of the Scoglio Lungo beach, while the woman was walking with her new partner.

The ex-spouse suffered minor injuries. The emergency room doctors at the civil hospital in Sassari assigned him 8 days of treatment. The dynamics of the facts are yet to be clarified. It is certain, however, that the man reached his ex-wife by car . He hastily parked his Renault Scenic in front of the square of the Nautical Technical Institute and headed towards the two who were walking along the seafront.

Witnesses speak of threats and insults, "then physical aggression, before ending up on the ground" . The knife appeared suddenly - an aspect still to be clarified by the police - and it was Massimo Puliga who was hit. The small knife would have been thrown into the sea . The soldiers who arrived on site did not find him. Emiliana Pirino together with her partner were accompanied to the barracks to be interviewed. the woman was reported for injuries while at liberty by the judicial authority. The police listened for hours to other witnesses who witnessed the scene.