He stabs his wife at the height of a quarrel and then throws himself from the fifth floor of his home in Avezzano (L'Aquila): the family doctor specialized in cardiology Vittorio Emi, 70, died after being hospitalized while his wife, Paola Lombardo (63), a merchant who owns a perfumery in the center, was operated on and is now in serious condition in the resuscitation ward of the Marsican hospital. The woman is a candidate in the municipal elections of Avezzano today and tomorrow.
The tragedy shocked the entire community, where the doctor and his wife are well known. Nothing suggested what had happened. The police intervened on the spot and the 118 that helped the two spouses.
