Arrested in Talavera de la Reina after injuring his partner and a neighbor with a katana

SPAIN / By Cruz Ramiro

The National Police and the Local Police of Talavera de la Reina have arrested a man for injuring his partner with a katana, whom he kept locked in his home for several days, as well as a neighbor who tried to avoid the attack, and then fleeing with her four-year-old son.

As reported this Wednesday in a press release by the Citizen Services Office of the Local Police, the events occurred last week, when the woman was attacked by her partner after she managed to escape from the house in which she had been locked up. during several days.

The woman managed to escape, along with her four-year-old son, but her partner noticed the escape and attacked her with a katana, as well as a neighbor who tried to avoid the attack, after which she left the place together with the minor..

The Local Police received a call at midnight reporting that a man had received a cut on his wrist due to a family argument, so officers went to the scene and found him with a large cut on his wrist, as well as with other superficial cuts on the forehead and right arm, in the middle of a large trail of blood. They also found the woman injured, as well as the weapon with which the attack had been carried out..

The victims explained that the aggressor had left with the child before the local police arrived, who, together with agents from the National Police, began to search the building's properties..

Finally, they found him hiding in one of the homes of the building, along with the minor, who had not suffered damage, and proceeded to arrest him as the alleged perpetrator of the crimes of gender violence, illegal detention and injuries..

In turn, the two victims were treated first at the scene and then transferred to the Nuestra Señora del Prado Hospital, in Talavera de la Reina, where both were treated for their injuries..