Man who stabbed ex had attacked her previously

(ANSA) - ROME, DEC 9 - A man who stabbed his 24-year-old ex girlfriend in the back outside a supermarket near Monza Monday had already attacked her in the past and had been placed under house arrest with a restraining order towards her, police said.
    The man was picked up by police near Pavia after the attack, which took place at Giussano.
    The man had been given leave from house arrest but violated the restraining order to go and meet the woman, who had agreed to meet at the supermarket, police said.
    The woman is in hospital in a serious but not life threatening condition.
    Italy is enduring a long wave of gender violence and femicide.
    (ANSA).