The National Police stopped early Sunday morning at a 24-year-old man for seriously stabbing his partnerof the same age, in a home Parlato whom she had gone supposedly deceived by her attacker, police sources have reported.
The events took place in an apartment on Cuenca Street. A few minutes after midnight on Saturday, a call alerted 091 about a fight inside a home. The call was made by a neighbor who heard cries for help from inside the apartment, including phrases like “Help, help!” and “Let go and I’ll let you go”.
The National Police quickly sent several patrols to the scene. Upon arrival, the agents knocked insistently on the door of the home, finally being opened by a young man. When observing the police presence, a woman ran away of the apartment visibly upset and thanked the neighbor who had alerted the emergency services. The victim, 24 years old, had multiple bleeding wounds.
The situation there was critical. The agents provided first aid to the young woman, who was bleeding profusely from several wounds to the chest, back and forearm. Since the ambulance would take a while to arrive, the woman was rushed in a police vehicle to the Infanta Cristina University Hospital in Parla, where she was admitted in serious condition.
During the journey, the victim fainted and He momentarily lost consciousnessfurther complicating the situation. Already at the hospital, the doctors confirmed that he had six stab woundsthe most serious being those of the chest and back. After surgery, the woman was kept under observation and it was reported that her prognosis is reserved.
“He prepared a knife”
At the scene, the detainee confessed to the agents that he called his girlfriend’s workplace telling her that his cat was sick and that he could come to their common home to care for the animal. And prepared a knife upon arrival because “he was afraid before starting the discussion with his partner due to the existence of previous threats” on his part, according to the police report.
The detainee also admitted to the police that The fight had broken out over alleged infidelity.. According to his story, the woman had tried to attack him with scissors and he had reacted by stabbing her with a knife that he had previously prepared. The accused explained that he threw the weapons out the windowwhich were recovered and guarded by the agents awaiting the arrival of the Scientific Police.
During the attack, the detainee also suffered a deep cut on handbetween the index fingers and thumb, so the agents provided him with first aid and requested his transfer to the Getafe Hospital. According to police sources, at the hospital, the detainee was stable and in police custody.
At the police station, the arrested person was informed of the reasons for his arrest and his rights. At the moment, he faces possible charges of attempted homicide and gender violencedepending on the evolution of the investigations and the state of health of the victim.
Scientific Police agents collected evidence and took photographs of the scene, while they proceeded to collect the weapons used during the altercation. Meanwhile, it is being investigated whether there was a history of violence in the couple’s relationship.
The Spanish Police Confederation (CEP) of Madrid has congratulated the officers and performers for their intervention, “which has been decisive in saving the life of a woman victim of violence, emergency surgery from several stab wounds. “With more troops, more patrols. And the more patrols, the more security for police and citizens,” they have stressed on social networks.
