Woman Stabbed Outside Coventry Church after Service

Country: United Kingdom

Date of incident: April 8, 2018


A woman in her 30s was stabbed after attending the Eritrean community's Orthodox Easter midnight service at St. Margaret's Church in Coventry early on the morning of April 8th. The mother of three was found with a puncture wound in the abdomen at approximately 3:15 in the morning and taken to the hospital where she was listed in critical condition. The attacker, who reportedly fled on a bicycle, was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder the following day.

Sources: BBC, Coventry Telegraph, Premier, and Daily Mail 
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