Overview
- A 35-year-old second wife in Angri, Campania, allegedly cut off her 41-year-old husband’s penis with a kitchen knife during his post-lunch nap, and police arrested her on attempted murder charges.
- Two women who heard his screams entered the home, slowed the bleeding, and put the organ on ice before medics took him to a hospital in Nocera Inferiore, where surgeons said reattachment was impossible because it was permanently compromised.
- Police reports say the attack followed arguments over the husband’s plan to have his first wife move into the new, larger home shared with the second wife.
- Carabinieri led by Commander Gianfranco Albanese and prosecutor Gianluca Caputo are investigating, including whether the husband was drugged before the assault.
- Bigamy and polygamy are illegal in Italy, yet reporters note the practices can persist in some migrant communities, which helps explain the family tensions at the center of this case.