A 42-year-old man in Ercolano, described in reporting as already known to law enforcement, was arrested after an alleged assault on his wife and daughter, according to Il Mattino Napoli.
The report says the man had allegedly subjected his wife and two daughters to years of violence and had demanded money from family members. During the most recent reported episode, he allegedly struck his wife and then hit a daughter who tried to defend her mother.
According to the same account, the daughter was injured on her fingers while shielding her face from a knife. The man was then taken to prison pending judicial proceedings.
No names or precise address were provided in the available reporting. The allegations remain subject to judicial determination, and no later update on the victims' condition or the final court outcome was included in the source material.
