Girlfriend, 26, chops off her 40-year-old boyfriend’s penis with garden shears while he’s asleep

Brenda Barattini, 26, from Argentina, attacked her 40-year-old lover on Sunday
Barattini severed his genitals using a pair of gardening shears, it is reported
Man was taken to hospital where he is in a stable condition, medics said
Barattini, an architect, has been arrested and has confessed, local media says

Published: 23:26 AEDT, 27 November 2017 | Updated: 23:36 AEDT, 27 November 2017

A 26-year-old Argentine woman has been arrested after cutting off her lover’s penis with a pair of gardening shears.

Brenda Barattini, an architect, attacked the 40-year-old on Sunday morning in the town of Cordoba while he was asleep, according to local media.

The man was rushed to hospital after losing a large amount of blood but is now in a stable condition.

Brenda Barattini, 26, an architect from Argentina, cut off her 40-year-old lover’s penis and testicles using a pair of garden shears

Barattini made her way into the man’s house in the city of Cordoba before attacking him while he was asleep on Sunday monring, local media reports

Police arrested Barattini and say she has confessed to her crime, Los Andes reports.

While the exact circumstances are unclear, officers do not believe Barattini was staying at the man’s property before carrying out the attack.

Instead they say she entered the home in the early hours before mutilating the man.

It is unclear whether medics were able to locate the man’s severed genitals and if it will be possible to reattach them.

Reports do not make it clear how emergency services were alerted to the attack.

It is also unclear what motivated Barattini to carry out such an attack. Investigations are ongoing, police said.

The man, who has not been named, was taken to hospital after losing a large amount of blood and is now in a stable condition