Woman stabbed to death by husband in front of kids

(ANSA) - ROME, SEP 7 - A 38-year-old woman of Brazilian origin is dead after being stabbed by her 54-year-old husband in front of the couple's three children overnight in their home in the town of Colli al Metauro, in the province of Pesaro and Urbino, sources said on Saturday.
    It is the latest in an alarming spate of femicides in Italy.
    The husband has been detained by Carabinieri police.
    The woman had spoken to the police about being a victim of domestic violence and had left home, but refused to file a formal complaint, the sources said.
    Indeed, the husband reported that she had left the marital home on September 2.
    It seems that she returned home on Friday without informing the Carabinieri, who had activated the 'code red' protocol for the victims of domestic violence. (ANSA).