Dad attacks daughter with sword in Florida, police say

ST. CLOUD, FLA. – A Florida man has been charged with stabbing his daughter with a sword.

Police in St. Cloud, about 30 miles south of Orlando, were called to respond to a physical altercation at a home around 10 p.m. Friday.

Authorities said Juan Javier Lovine, 43, grabbed a sword during an argument and stabbed his daughter in the right forearm and chest.

She was taken to Orlando Regional Medical Center and is in stable condition.

Lovine was also hospitalized with an eye injury. He has been charged with attempted felony murder, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and domestic violence.

Lovine's mother, Isabel Rego, was in the home in the Deer Creek Subdivision on Holden Drive when the incident occurred, and she was arrested on charges of resisting an officer without violence.