A 35-year-old man was arrested this afternoon in Trintxerpe (Gipuzkoa) on charges of an attempted crime with a white gun at the family home. The aggressor assaulted his partner with a knife, the woman was seriously injured in the hands and was treated at the Donostia Hospital.
According to the Basque Department of Security, at 12:50 hours on Sunday, the Ertzaintza has appeared in the couple's home, where they have found the man holding the woman by his neck with one hand and carrying a knife in the other hand.
The man has been arrested before the Ertzaintza had access to housing, so he has been transferred to police units to carry out the necessary steps. The woman, for her part, has been transferred to the University Hospital of Donostia to be treated for the wounds she presented in her hand.
In the absence of a week to day against male violence, at least five women have been killed in Euskal Herria in 2024, three of them have been killed by their parejas.El last year at least 8603 attacks were recorded in Hego Euskal Herria, nearly 24 of them on the day of attacks.