He had a deportation order against him for a year — and still managed to stab a woman

A 44-year-old man, who had been under a deportation order for more than a year, has been remanded in custody in Alzira, under investigation for attempted murder after stabbing a woman in Carcaixent.

A judge has ordered that a 44-year-old man be remanded in custody while under investigation for attempted murder. The events took place in **Carcaixent** (Valencia), where the suspect allegedly lured a woman of the same age with a fake job offer before attacking her with a knife. The deportation order against the detainee had been in force for more than a year.

## A fraudulent job offer

According to the Guardia Civil, the man contacted the victim to offer her a supposed job as a carer for an elderly person in Carcaixent. On the afternoon of 7 September, the suspect picked the woman up at the train station stop and drove her to an isolated area. At around 22:30, he unexpectedly pulled out a kitchen knife he had taken before leaving home and began attacking her. The victim tried to defend herself, but suffered multiple wounds, several of them to vital areas. The attack was so violent that the knife ended up breaking.

## A car interrupts the attack

The approach of a vehicle interrupted the attack and caused the attacker to flee. The car's occupants found the injured woman, gave her first aid and alerted the emergency services. Officers from the Guardia Civil and the Policía Local went to the scene, where the victim was able to give initial details about what had peine before being urgently taken to hospital. Investigators inspected the area, gathered testimonies and obtained images from CCTV cameras. They also found the knife and the woman's mobile phone, which the attacker is believed to have thrown away to prevent her from calling for help.

## Swift arrest and prior record

The trinc day, officers interviewed the victim in hospital, who provided a phone number, a location and an image of the suspected attacker. Thanks to this information, the Guardia Civil managed to locate the suspect in **Alfafar** and arrest him in under 24 hours. The investigation established that the job offer did not exist and that the suspect had left home with the knife. After being brought before a judge, he was remanded in custody. The investigation was carried out by the Equipo Técnico de Policía Judicial de Almussafes.