Terni, attacked with a hammer by her husband on the bus: she dies after five months in hospital

Fatiha El Afghani, 44, died after five months of hospitalization in the Terni hospital. She was attacked with a hammer by her husband on 9 May on board a bus near Santa Lucia di Stroncone, in the province of Terni.

The woman had been hit several times in the head. The blows had caused irreversible damage.

Her husband, Mohamed El Messaoudi, a 42-year-old worker, was arrested by the police three days after the attack on charges of attempted multi-aggravated femicide and is currently in prison.

With the woman's death, her judicial position is destined to worsen.

The attack and arrest of her husband

The woman had just gotten on a bus when her husband hit her repeatedly on the head with a hammer.

The man, who was wearing the electronic bracelet following previous violence against his wife, then fled.

Near the bus, investigators found both the hammer used in the attack and the electronic bracelet, which the man had torn off.

El Messaoudi was tracked down and arrested three days after the attack, after being recognized by the staff and customers of a bar in the area, where he had entered for breakfast.

In the April before the attack, the worker had already been arrested by the Terni police for mistreatment and personal injury towards his wife.

The measure of removal from the family home was ordered against him with a ban on approaching relatives, with the application of an electronic bracelet.