A man stabbed his wife to death early
on Thursday at the family's home at Ripaberarda, near Ascoli
Piceno, in the latest in an alarming spate of femicides in
Italy, sources said.
The couple's children, aged eight and 10, were in the home at
the time of the murder.
The man has been taken to hospital as he attempted suicide by
cutting his wrists using the same knife with which he killed the
woman, according to the sources.
He is said to have informed some family members of the homicide
and they then alerted the emergency services
The children have been put into the care of their grandparents.
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