cattolica · IT
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A 44-year-old woman survived an attempt on her life at the port of Cattolica, in the province of Rimini, on 20 August 2026. Her husband, a 45-year-old man of Albanian origin resident at San Giovanni in Marignano, was detained the same evening on suspicion of attempted murder. According to the investigators' reconstruction, drawn partly from the woman's own account, he suggested in the afternoon that they go out in the car together, saying they would do the shopping. He put the same suggestion to their adult daughter, who declined. Once they reached the port area he suddenly accelerated and steered the car deliberately towards the sea. The car struck a post and went into the water at a point about three metres deep. He was first out of the cabin. His wife, who cannot swim, was initially trapped inside the rapidly flooding car and freed herself only through the rear windscreen. Bystanders came to their aid: two men dived in and, using a rope passed from the quay, reached the couple and brought them to safety. The woman was taken to hospital in Pesaro for checks, badly shaken by what had happened. The man fled as soon as he reached the quayside. Carabinieri from the Riccione company began an immediate search and, after several hours, traced him late that evening near a wooded area not far from his home. He was placed in custody as a suspect in the case.
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- crime_category corrected from homicide to attempted_homicide: the victim survived and the suspect is held on suspicion of tentato omicidio. city corrected from "rimini", the province named in the intake issue, to "cattolica", the town where the attack took place, and coordinates moved from the Rimini centroid to the Cattolica centroid. victim.age_range set to 40-50 and sex to F from the reported 44-year-old wife. slug updated to match.