After approximately four hours of interrogation in the offices of the Biella Police Headquarters, Jonathan Maldonado, husband of Soukaina El Basri, the young woman who ended up in intensive care in Novara with a deep wound to her chest, was arrested and taken to prison during the night. The man is accused of attempted murder by the Biella Prosecutor’s Office.
The arrival in the emergency room with a deep wound
The 30-year-old influencer is still in serious condition in hospital in Novara, kept in a pharmacological coma, after arriving in an emergency room in the Biella area in recent days. The events date back to Thursday afternoon, with neighbors speaking of frequent arguments between the two. Soukaina El Bari calls herself Siu and has 80 thousand followers on Instagram. In her profile there are many photographs where she recommends clothes and cosmetic products. Her husband, on the other hand, works in a coffee company in Gattinara, in the Vercelli area.
The woman spoke of a fall at home
On Thursday afternoon, according to what has been reconstructed so far, the woman, accompanied by her husband, went to the emergency room at the Ponderano (Biella) Infermi hospital, complaining of severe pain in her chest, where a single wound was found. She told the doctors that she had fallen at home, then she collapsed due to internal bleeding and was urgently transported to Novara. “The girl is in a pharmacological coma with a reserved prognosis”, explained the Biella prosecutor Teresa Angela Camelio. “We have started a 360-degree investigation by sending the necessary guarantee information.” “My wife is injured, she fell at home” her husband reportedly told the 118 operator called on Thursday. She arrived in code yellow, her condition then worsened.
Checks on the possibility of injury with a bladed weapon
The prosecutor’s office acted immediately upon receiving the report and the following day the police officers, with the forensic team and the deputy prosecutor entered the house, in the Chiavazza district, where the couple lived with their two children. During the inspection, a lot of disorder was found, but not a situation that could lead one to think of a fight. “The hypothesis of an accidental fall or an anti-conservative gesture” – explained Camelio – “are not plausible given what we have gathered”. Meanwhile, the presence of a hole at the height of the woman’s chest is confirmed: “We have already appointed a technical consultant to verify the compatibility of the wound with a bladed weapon”, explained the magistrate.
