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Man in New York chops off wife’s right arm and fingers from left hand in fit of rage
By Tanya Clark 6:25 AM June 24, 2018
Yong Lu
A mother was brutally attacked by her husband before he fled the home, leaving her bleeding to death.
Police are desperately searching for 35-year-old Yong Lu who attacked his wife in their Sunset Park, Brooklyn, home.
According to police, Lu and his wife, Yang Li, 35, were waiting for their 7-year-old son to get home from school when in a fit of rage, Lu grabbed a meat cleaver and attacked his wife with it.
He severed Li’s right hand just above the elbow before chopping 2 fingers off from her left hand.
Li was able to call for help and she was rushed to Bellevue Hospital, where she was reportedly placed into a medically induced coma.
Doctors were able to attach her hand and fingers but they will have to wait and see if the surgery was successful.