Overview
- Investigators say the man struck his wife with a hammer on a public bus near Stroncone and fled on foot.
- The woman remains in intensive care at the Terni hospital in life-threatening condition.
- Police found his court-ordered ankle monitor torn off near the bus and seized it to check if it worked correctly.
- Terni prosecutor Antonio Laronga is directing the case as carabinieri collect the hammer brought by the attacker and the man's identity papers.
- The review could clarify whether Italy's 'red code' system, which uses ankle monitors to keep abusers away, triggered any warning before the assault.