Puerto Rico Blowtorch Attack Victims Recuperating, Attacker Arrested
January 4th, 2011 - 6:55 pm ICT by GDBy Ranjan Bhaduri
Jan 4, (THAINDIAN NEWS) A native of Chandler is battling for her life after getting seriously injured in a blowtorch attack which took place in Puerto Rico. The woman Kate Donahue, had reached to Puerto Rico with her beau Jesus Sanchez to spend the New Year. The 25 year old lady was all set to get engaged to her boyfriend and she came to see his family after their engagement which took place a few days back. The cops reported that the uncle of her boyfriend attacked the couple with a torch and a fuel dipped cloth. The attack was brutal which left two family members dead and 9 hospitalized including the couple. The couple were taken to a San Juan hospital after the assault where they are in critical condition.
Kate Donahue’s family has reached the place along with a friend of her. The uncle of Jesus Sanchez has been arrested by the cops after the gruesome attack. The couple is recuperating from third and second degree burns. The doctors are worried because 80 percent of their bodies have been burnt. The relatives of the couple are stressed out and worried as one can understand. The immediate motive of the attack is yet to be known but the attacker reportedly has a record of suffering from mental illness.
Patricia Hall the maternal grandmother of Kate Donahue was traumatized after she came to know of the incident. The couple should not be moved from the Puerto Rico hospital, as the Doctors think. The couple love each other very much and they were thrilled after the engagement said the trauma struck relatives.
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