He stabbed his elderly mother in the face with a kitchen knife. She, 83, who had been bedridden due to serious age-related illnesses, is in the hospital near death. He, 63, unemployed, is currently in prison in Uta.
The serious, bloody incident occurred on Sunday evening in Guspini. Carabinieri from the Villacidro Mobile Radio Unit and the town station responded to the home because the woman had called 112 before the situation escalated.
The elderly woman had asked for help, reporting her son's increasingly unstable behavior, who was currently throwing tantrums, presumably for financial reasons.
When they arrived, the soldiers found the man still inside the house: in a fit of rage, he had just stabbed his mother in the face. The Carabinieri managed to subdue and disarm him.
The elderly woman, rescued by 118 personnel, was rushed to San Gavino Hospital, where she is hospitalized with a guarded prognosis and in danger of dying.