The police arrested a 20-year-old man for causing head injuries to his 6-year-old niece with a vegetable knife during a quarrel yesterday afternoon, a Public Security Police (PSP) spokesperson said early this morning.
According to the spokesperson, the girl was at her grandmother’s flat in Avenida do Conselheiro Borja yesterday afternoon when she quarrelled with her uncle, who then took a vegetable knife from the kitchen and slashed at the girl, injuring her on the top of her head, cutting the 61-year-old grandmother’s fingers in the process.
The grandmother and her granddaughter then sought medical help from a clinic in Avenida do General Castelo Branco, saying they were injured when they both fell down. The clinic called the police and had the victims transferred to the public Conde de Sao Januario Hospital Centre (CHCSJ).
