Overview
- The 35-year-old suspect, arrested in near flagrante after Friday's assault in Angri, faces charges of attempted murder and grievous bodily harm.
- Doctors at Umberto I hospital in Nocera Inferiore say the 41-year-old remains under reserved prognosis after emergency surgery and transfusions and is expected to live, though reconstruction of his genitals was not possible.
- Investigators report the man felt sudden drowsiness during lunch, suggesting he was drugged, and say the attack occurred as he slept with a kitchen knife used to sever his genitals.
- Carabinieri seized the knife and secured the apartment as a crime scene, and the woman is being held at Fuorni prison pending a Monday hearing to validate the arrest.
- Victim’s lawyer Angelo Pisani said he will represent the man for free and that his civic project plans to join the case as a civil party to press for a firm response to such violence.