A 26-year-old man was arrested
in a Cuneo hotel Tuesday on suspicion of stabbing a 54-year-old
woman during a burglary in a small villa in the northwestern
Italian city on Monday night.
The man was said to be "not Italian".
He was said to be preparing to flee the city.
The man allegedly got into the villa through a ground-floor
window and attacked the woman who heard him come in.
The woman was stabbed in the throat.
She was taken to a local hospital where she was admitted in
serious condition and put into the intensive care ward.
The woman lived alone in Via Luzzatti, police said.
According to an initial report, at least three burglars
entered the house.
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