A USAF airman stabbed an American
woman soldier at the Aviano air base in northern Italy at around
4 a.m. on Tuesday, sources said Wednesday.
Cameron Ashley Owens, 19, from Georgia, was arrested for the
attempted murder of the 21-year-old woman.
Owens confessed but did not explain his actions, police said.
The young man, after getting into one of the dormitories,
stabbed the sleeping woman in the throat, face and arms with a
kitchen knife, sources said.
The victim, serving in the 31st Support Squadron of the 31st
Fighter Wing, did not know or frequent her aggressor.
The woman's terrified screams and the fear of being
discovered, police said, stopped Owens from inflicting more
wounds while the woman was helped by some comrades who staunched
the bleeding until an ambulance arrived to take her to Pordenone
hospital where she as said to be out of danger.
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