To escape being yet another victim of femicide, a married woman had to react to the cowardly aggression she was suffering at home and stabbed her bully husband.
The bloody occurrence involving the couple took place at the end of the morning of this Monday, February 7th, in the neighborhood of Novo Aleixo, Manaus, Brazil.
According to preliminary information, the husband arrived from the street drunk and, as usual, began to beat his own wife, who was woken up with punches in the face.
Kicks, slaps and punches caused the woman's head to bleed. She couldn't stand the beating any longer and, seeing herself in danger of her life, took the knife and stabbed her husband's chest.
The couple's teenage daughter of screamed for help and some neighbors entered the house where they found the woman full of bruises and the stabbed husband lying in the doorway of the room.
The condition of the stabbed husband is serious, according to the medical team who took him to the HPS Dr. Platão Araújo and it was also confirmed that he is at risk of death.
The woman, who also had injuries and was bleeding from her head and a blow to her face, received help from the medical team and did not need to be taken to a hospital.
The case was registered as an attempted murder, however, it was more than proven and with the testimony of her own teenage daughter, that the woman acted in self-defense of her own life.
The bloody occurrence involving the couple took place at the end of the morning of this Monday, February 7th, in the neighborhood of Novo Aleixo, Manaus, Brazil.
According to preliminary information, the husband arrived from the street drunk and, as usual, began to beat his own wife, who was woken up with punches in the face.
Kicks, slaps and punches caused the woman's head to bleed. She couldn't stand the beating any longer and, seeing herself in danger of her life, took the knife and stabbed her husband's chest.
The couple's teenage daughter of screamed for help and some neighbors entered the house where they found the woman full of bruises and the stabbed husband lying in the doorway of the room.
The condition of the stabbed husband is serious, according to the medical team who took him to the HPS Dr. Platão Araújo and it was also confirmed that he is at risk of death.
The woman, who also had injuries and was bleeding from her head and a blow to her face, received help from the medical team and did not need to be taken to a hospital.
The case was registered as an attempted murder, however, it was more than proven and with the testimony of her own teenage daughter, that the woman acted in self-defense of her own life.
