A man was admitted to hospital with severe traumatic brain injury after a brutal beating in the Guadalmar area of Málaga.

A mugger had attacked him using knuckle dusters but in the emergency room, doctors discovered that the attacker had also stabbed the 36-year-old victim, leaving the knife blade embedded inside his head.

To top it all, his mother suffered a heart attack upon seeing him and spent two days in the intensive care unit (ICU) before recovering. The victim, on the other hand, remains in a coma, sedated, and on mechanical ventilation.

There is uncertainty regarding potential long-term injuries if he survives.

The incident began around 16:00h on Friday. The victim had encountered a man inside his car. The thief had broken a side window to get in and was attempting to start the vehicle. When the victim confronted the thief, he attacked the victim, punching him with the knuckle duster and then stabbed him in the head.

A workmate (this happened outside his workplace where he had parked his car) was also attacked but suffered only minor injuries and was able to alert the victim’s parents.

His family was stunned to hear that a failed car theft had ended in an attempted murder, because a typical thief would have fled instead of attacking with intent to kill.

The victim underwent a tremendously risky surgery to remove the blade from his skull, lasting from 19:00h that evening until 03:00h the next morning.

Although he remains on life support, there was a brief moment of consciousness when sedation was temporarily withdrawn on Monday before he was sedated again.

(News: City & Metropolitan Area, Costa del Sol, Malaga, Andalucia)

Keywords: Violent Car Thief, Knuckle Dusters, Knife Blade, Lodged, Skull, Surgery, Coma

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