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Man arrested for stabbing wife in stomach at Feydhoo

A road in Sh. Feydhoo. (Sun Photo/Mohamed Afrah)

A man has been arrested at Sh. Feydhoo for stabbing his wife in the stomach.

Feydhoo Council President Ahmed Raisam told Sun that the incident was reported to him around 9:30pm on Thursday night.

He detailed that when he went to the scene – the woman was holding her stomach whilst the man stood nearby her, holding a knife. Raisam added that at that time, the man’s father was holding onto his hand.

“When I arrived, Council Vice President was also there at the scene. When we went inside – the man was holding a knife. At that time, his father was holding his hand. The woman had her hands over her stomach. I had even asked her, whether she was stabbed. She replied yes,” he had said.

Raisam said that police had arrived at the scene and arrested the man.

“After that, I had transported the woman to the health centre on motorbike,” he added.

Citing doctors at the health centre – Raisam said that the woman is slowly recovering.

Raisam detailed that the woman was stabbed during an argument between the couple – after the man had failed to control his anger.

“He has previously attempted to attack his wife with a knife as well,” he added.

Although the man was summoned to police over the attempt – he was not charged.

Raisam said that both the man and woman are individuals between the ages of 30 and 40, noting they had approximately been married for 10 years. He noted that they either have four or five children.

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