Young woman’s life in danger after brutal attack in Maribor park

Maribor – A 20-year-old woman is fighting for her life in hospital after a brutal attack by a 22-year-old man in the Maribor Park on Saturday night left her with life threatening injuries to her head and torso.

Maribor police said the suspect had attacked the victim with “a sharp object” over an apparent disagreement.

“The victim was given first aid by police and then taken to UKC Maribor hospital,” police inspector Matej Harb said on Sunday.

While the police refuse to disclose the details of the case, the regional daily Večer reports online that the man injured the woman with a knife and an axe.

The paper says he cut off her thumb, mauled her face and stabbed her in the stomach several times.

Police reportedly apprehended him when he returned to the crime scene to pick up a backpack he forgot there.

Neither the police nor Večer have disclosed whether the suspect and the victim knew each other or were in a relationship.

Harb said the police were treating the attack as an attempted murder. The suspect has been remanded in custody.

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