The Judicial Police, through the Criminal Investigation Department of the Azores, arrested a 58-year-old man, strongly suspected of committing a homicide, attempted, on September 7th, in the municipality of Ponta Delgada, on São Miguel Island.
The facts occurred in the morning, inside the suspect's vehicle, the victim's uncle, as a result of a conflict related to the trafficking and consumption of narcotics.
On that occasion, the suspect wielded a knife, with which he stabbed his nephew in several parts of the body.
The attacks did not have serious consequences because the victim was able to get out of the vehicle and ask for help, and was subsequently taken to a hospital.
The arrested man, who has a criminal record for the crimes of drug trafficking and aggravated physical assault, was brought in for his first judicial interrogation, and a non-detaining coercive measure was applied to him.