The victim was left with several injuries on his face and hands
A 55-year-old man tried to set fire to his wife after assaulting her with a glass bottle and giving her several blows to the face and hands.
The attempted murder happened, on the afternoon of this Thursday, January 12, when the man entered the supermarket, on Rua Monte Xisto, in Guifões, Matosinhos, and assaulted his wife.
The man broke a glass bottle and attacked the woman. Then he took a syringe, which he had in his pocket, and which contained a flammable liquid, threw it at her, and then tried to set her on fire.
He was stopped by two witnesses who were with the 47-year-old woman, who owns the business and is in the process of divorcing the attacker.
The victim suffered minor injuries and was taken to Pedro Hispano Hospital in Matosinhos.
The assailant surrendered in the police station of Matosinhos, but for also having some injuries was also taken to the hospital.
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