Married migrant woman suffers broken fingers defending husband from knife attack, just 8 days after arriving in Korea

A marriage migrant woman, who had been in South Korea for just eight days, sustained critical injuries after bravely intervening to protect her husband from a knife attack.

The incident, which occurred earlier this year, saw the woman suffer multiple fractures to her finger bones as she attempted to block a barrage of knife strikes aimed at her husband's head. The severity of the assault was such that the weapon reportedly broke during the attack.

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The defendant (husband) repeatedly struck the victim's head with a household knife.

The Korean Migrant Women's Human Rights Center, along with 110 other organizations and 1,445 citizens, has submitted a petition to the Seongnam branch of the Suwon District Court. The petition calls for severe punishment for the husband accused of the violent assault.

According to the petition, the husband used a household knife to repeatedly strike the victim's head. The woman's injuries were so severe that she required hospitalization in the intensive care unit.

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The attack was so severe that the knife broke.