"In the struggle, the knife slipped from her hand and a neighbor threw it away." This is how the residents of La Graciosa explain what happened on Monday night, when a woman stabbed another seven times near the Church. Three women, including the victim's mother, witnessed these events, as they were in the area when the event occurred.
It was 9:30 p.m. The three elderly women were sitting in front of the church door, in Caleta de Sebo, hanging out. The victim left the supermarket where she works and joined this group. "No one can explain where the other woman came from," says a neighbor, since the alleged aggressor must have suddenly appeared in this area, without the others noticing.
Thus, she suddenly laid the victim on the ground and it was there that she allegedly stabbed her seven times. "The woman could not defend herself," insists a resident of La Graciosa. However, during this struggle on the ground, the aggressor "dropped the knife" and one of the neighbors who was in the area took the opportunity to "throw it away" and thus prevent further aggression. The woman ran away from the place and was arrested shortly after. The victim's mother also suffered a cut on her leg.
Given the screams of the affected woman and the other women, several people approached this place. It was then that they transferred the affected woman to the clinic and from there to the Doctor José Molina Orosa Hospital, in Arrecife, where she underwent emergency surgery.
Some sources point out that a few months ago, the victim already had a problem in the disco that the alleged aggressor runs. In this sense, they affirm that the affected woman was taken out of the premises "by the hair".
The victim's mother, who witnessed the events, suffered dizziness due to the anxiety caused by this situation. The alleged aggressor was arrested accused of attempted homicide and was transferred to the Civil Guard post in Costa Teguise. The witnesses of these events will also have to go there to testify before the agents about what they saw on Monday night near the church of La Graciosa.