Overview

• The incident occurred in San Secondo Parmense, where a 53-year-old man stabbed his wife inside their home before fleeing by car.
• The couple’s two youngest children, aged 7 and 10, sought help from a neighbor after the attack, describing their mother as being severely injured.
• The husband died in a head-on collision with a truck shortly after fleeing, with investigators reviewing footage suggesting the crash may have been deliberate.
• The wife was airlifted to Parma’s Maggiore Hospital with seven stab wounds, including one near the heart, and remains in the ICU in critical but stable condition.
• The couple’s four children, including two older daughters who were not home during the attack, are now in protective care as authorities continue their investigation.