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Italian Wife Charged After Castrating Husband in Brutal Attack

5/7/2026

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A 41-year-old man in Angri, Campania was allegedly castrated by his 35-year-old wife, who faces an attempted-murder charge.
Police and Carabinieri investigators led by Commander Gianfranco Albanese and prosecutor Gianluca Caputo are probing the assault and drugging.
Surgeons said the detached organ could not be reattached, declaring it permanently compromised.
Domestic-abuse lawyer Angelo Pisani called the incident unprecedented violence.
The case has been compared to the 1993 Lorena Bobbitt incident.

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A 41-year-old man in Angri, Campania was allegedly castrated by his 35-year-old wife, who faces an attempted-murder charge.
Police and Carabinieri investigators led by Commander Gianfranco Albanese and prosecutor Gianluca Caputo are probing the assault and drugging.
Surgeons said the detached organ could not be reattached, declaring it permanently compromised.
Domestic-abuse lawyer Angelo Pisani called the incident unprecedented violence.
The case has been compared to the 1993 Lorena Bobbitt incident.