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The victim was stabbed and assaulted with a rolling pin at the couple's home in Brandoa, Amadora.
A 30-year-old man had to be hospitalised. Officers were forced to fire shotgun rounds.
All of the suspect's movements were monitored. He was caught by the PSP four kilometres from the place where he stabbed the victim in the neck.
All the suspect's movements were monitored. He was apprehended by the PSP (Portuguese Public Security Police) four kilometres from the scene where he stabbed the victim in the neck.
A dispute between the victim's father and the suspect, which the lawyer had tried to mediate, is believed to lie behind the crime.
The arrested man “delivered two blows to the victim's thoracic and abdominal areas”, the Judicial Police (PJ) says.
The assailant who injured a young man in Lisbon realised he had been filmed. Investigators caught him.
The victim was wounded in the face and arms. She was taken to Hospital de Santa Maria in a serious condition.
