Man attacks a woman with a machete in front of her son in Santiago de Cuba.

A violent incident in which a man attacked a woman with a machete in the presence of her small child occurred this Monday in the Petrocasas neighborhood, in the Abel Santamaría Urban Center, Santiago de Cuba, according to reports on social media.

The aggressor, allegedly on a "prison pass," attacked the victim, identified as Dargis Vargas Ferrer, 28 years old, leaving her in critical condition before being urgently transferred to a medical center, according to journalist Yosmany Mayeta on Facebook.

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The communicator shared a video showing a crowd gathered around one of the two-story buildings when the ambulance arrives, while a woman can be heard saying that the vehicle arrived late, apparently because the victim had already been taken to a healthcare facility.

The same person indicated that there were at least six patrol cars at the scene.

According to Mayeta, a resident informed her that the victim "was taken away in serious condition and there is a sea of people here waiting for them to take out the aggressor."

In this regard, he pointed out that several patrol cars surrounded the building where the aggressor was hiding, waiting for the precise moment to take him out without the crowd taking justice into their own hands.

Mayeta indicated that the health status of the assaulted young woman is unknown, although she was still alive. The personal details of the aggressor and the reasons that led him to commit this violent act are also unknown, although he specified that the victim and her family "had already filed a report for threats."

In July, a young man attacked his mother and wife with a machete in Santiago de Cuba, who had to be urgently transferred to the Military Hospital.

Mayeta informed on Facebook that the alleged aggressor, identified as Leonel García Aguilera, also injured his brother and two friends who were in the house at that time.

That same month, a young woman from Santiago de Cuba who was stabbed by her partner had to undergo emergency surgery twice.

In June, the head of a young computer club in Santiago de Cuba was brutally stabbed.