Woman in jail for attempted manslaughter in nursing home
A 70-year-old woman who was living in a nursing home in the Brussels municipality of Ixelles is in jail after she severely beat a fellow resident with a ballpoint pen.
The elderly woman was placed under an arrest warrant for attempted manslaughter by the investigating judge. The incident happened on September 15. The suspect stabbed the victim, also a 70-year-old woman, several times in the head with a ballpoint pen. She had to go to the hospital for treatment.
The investigation is still ongoing. The Brussels public prosecutor's office will not comment further for the time being.
(MH with Fausto by Tagtik/Source: HLN, DH, Nieuwsblad/Illustration picture: Unsplash)