Husband slashes wife in domestic dispute<\/p>\n
TANGERANG (JP): An angry man severely slashed his 25-year-old
\nwife in the neck at their rented house on Jl. Tanah Seratus in
\nSudimara Jaya, Ciledug, on Monday morning.<\/p>\n
Police are still questioning Sarif, 30, a vegetable supplier
\nin Jakarta, over his motives in attacking Witarini, whom he
\nmarried about a year ago.<\/p>\n
But the victim, who received several stitches for the 25-
\ncentimeter wound to her neck, said her husband might have been
\nupset after his request to sell the sole blender in the house to
\none of his friends.<\/p>\n
The request, however, was opposed by his wife.<\/p>\n
\"We don't have any financial problems. That's why I thought we
\ndidn't need to sell the blender,\" Witarini told reporters from
\nher bed at Tangerang General Hospital.<\/p>\n
But the victim insisted that she could not understand the real
\nreason Sarif tried to end her life in such a brutal way.<\/p>\n
\"Our one-year-old marriage was a harmonious one,\" she
\nexplained.<\/p>\n
According to Witarini and neighbors, the couple woke up at
\nabout 2 a.m. to have their sahur (morning meal prior to fasting)
\nin order to perform their weekly fasts on Mondays and Thursdays.<\/p>\n
After having the meal, they returned to bed and woke up again
\nat 5 a.m. for the Subuh prayer.<\/p>\n
\"After the prayer, we went back to sleep again and got up at 7
\na.m.,\" Witarini explained.<\/p>\n
She initially attempted to take a bath as she was soon to go
\nto work. But she decided against it as there were too many people
\nwaiting to use the outside bathroom, the only one available for
\ndwellers of the rented houses in the area.<\/p>\n
The owner of the houses, Madani, was also waiting to use the
\nbathroom.<\/p>\n
Witarini said she then decided to lie on the bed and wait.<\/p>\n
A few minutes later, she felt that someone had sliced her neck
\nwith a sharp weapon. Wartini said she hastily bit the shoulder of
\nthe suspect and ran outside screaming for help with a towel
\ncovering her neck to stop the blood.<\/p>\n
\"I saw the face of my husband and he looked evil,\" she
\nrecalled.<\/p>\n
The line of people in front of the toilet abruptly dissipated
\nas they rushed to the couple's house to apprehend Sarif.<\/p>\n
Witarini has since decided to divorce her husband. (41\/bsr)<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/husband-slashes-wife-in-domestic-dispute-1447893297", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }