Overview

• A 42-year-old bar worker was attacked around 10:45 p.m. inside a slot hall in Marostica, Vicenza province.
• The assailant, her 45-year-old ex-husband from Rosà with a prior record, was detained by Carabinieri at the scene.
• Investigators say she was stabbed in the face, chest, and arms and punched and kicked, with the knife blade breaking and its tip lodged in her left elbow.
• Doctors placed her under reserved prognosis, and police say she is not in life-threatening condition.
• Regional president Luca Zaia condemned the attack as gender-based violence, and surveillance footage was seized to confirm the sequence of events.