Venice horror as two Brits arrested for ‘stabbing man in neck in Valentines Day row’ | World | News
Two Britons have been charged with attempted murder after a man was stabbed in the neck in Venice.
Two cousins, aged 19 and 20, allegedly followed a young woman between bars near the Rialto Bridge after the older cousin contacted her on Instagram, the local media outlet reported. La Nuovareported. A 22-year-old Venetian man, who came between the cousins and the woman, was hospitalized after his artery was damaged after his older cousin allegedly handed a 10 cm switchblade knife to his relative.
According to reports, the victim was trying to protect a friend from the obsessive pressure of one of the two British men, who persistently wanted to meet on Instagram and began following her on the night of February 14 – after they met by chance in a bar. Italian media reported that one of the British men said: “She’s my girlfriend, I love her. The problem is, she doesn’t love me”, and then the Venetian man said: “You’re in Italy, you’re in my house.”
The Venetian man was then stabbed in the neck, according to local sources. He then fell to the ground after removing the knife from his own neck and threw the knife on the ground.
Police underwater officers are now searching for the switchblade along the city’s Canal Grande. Local news reported that two British men were arrested and brought before prosecutors. Reports stated that the duo went to Venice for a holiday. They arrived at the end of January and were due to return to the UK on a pre-booked flight on 27 February.
Venetian news outlet La Nuova also said the two cousins were untraceable for a week until the Flying Squad found them hiding in the home of one of the boys’ grandmothers in Castello, who was now abroad.
