WILLEMSTAD - Yesterday evening, the police arrested a 33-year-old woman on suspicion of assaulting a man. Just before eight o'clock, the police received a report that a woman in a bakery on Plasa Roberto H. Eustatius in Sebastopolstraat was asking for help. Upon arrival, officers found a man and a woman fighting with each other. The woman had injuries, and the man had been assaulted with boiling water on his face and genitals. The Dominican woman was arrested, and the man was taken to the emergency room at CMC with second-degree burns.
The man received advanced medical treatment. The suspect was presented to an assistant prosecutor who determined that she would remain in custody pending further investigation. This was announced by the police this afternoon.