The conditions of the two little brothers admitted to the Children’s Hospital of Palermo remain critical after the attack suffered by their father Daniele Alba35 years old, in their home in Cianciana, Agrigento. The prognosis of the 7 and 3 year old children is still reserved, both are in intensive care. The father, a bricklayer, surrendered to the authorities.
The operations
The older brother underwent two surgeries: one on the chest, involving the lung and heart, and one neurosurgery on the brain. The little sister suffered multiple wounds to the face, two of which were particularly worrying. The little girl, handed over by her father after barricading himself in the house, lost a lot of blood. In the next few days they will be awakened to evaluate any neurological damage. “The situation is evolving”, the doctors declare, “everything is being done to save them”.
Barricaded in the house
The alarm went off at 2.30pm on Thursday 23 May, when Daniele Alba, with a history of domestic violence, stabbed his wife and eldest son, then sending them out of the house and detaining his youngest daughter. An 118 operator, called by the neighbors, managed to convince Alba to hand over her daughter by approaching the window with a lifting basket. The little girl, wrapped in a bloody blanket with a bullet inside her, was transferred with her brother by air ambulance to the children’s hospital in Palermo. The operation raised fears that Alba was armed, complicating the intervention of the police.
The arrest
Daniele Alba remained silent both during his arrest and on his first night in prison in Sciacca. After having surrendered thanks to the mediation of the police, he risked being lynched by a man who hit the police car. Alba is now accused of triple attempted murder and will be questioned in the next few hours. It seems that the cause of the violence was a quarrel with his wife, who intended to leave him.
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