A German woman from Bavaria is recovering in intensive care after being stabbed multiple times late Monday evening in Sottomarina di Chioggia, near Venice.

The 30-year-old victim was attacked on Viale Vittor Pisani shortly after 11 p.m. while walking her dog in the Italian town, where she was on vacation with her family.

Witnesses said the attacker, who was wearing a helmet, approached her and then repeatedly stabbed her in the head, neck, shoulders, and hands.

Despite suffering more than ten wounds, the injuries were described as shallow, as the victim managed to resist and move during the attack. She was hospitalized in Chioggia, where doctors said she remained conscious, stable, and out of immediate danger, but remained in intensive care as a precaution.

Local residents who heard the victim’s screams found her lying in a pool of blood. “We saw there was a commotion, and a man with a knife was running away. We couldn’t tell if he spoke Italian. He drove away on his motorcycle,” a witness told Corriere della Sera. Another resident, Stefano, said, “The woman was injured, bleeding from her head, hands, and neck. She wasn’t crying, she just kept repeating, ‘Where’s my dog?’”

The victim’s dog, Luky, bolted during the assault and has not yet been found.

“She realized he was following her, and then she was attacked,” the victim’s partner told media, cited by Il Gazzettino. He had remained at their accommodation with the children while the woman had walked the dog.

Police arrested a suspect on Tuesday evening described only as a 25-year-old “Chioggia resident.” He was taken into custody. Authorities said the motive remains unclear, noting the victim was neither robbed nor sexually assaulted.

Mayor Mauro Armelao condemned the stabbing as “a very serious incident” that damaged the city’s reputation, announcing that the municipality would initiate a civil suit against the perpetrator. “Ours is a hospitable and welcoming city, which does not tolerate such episodes of brutal violence. This is not Chioggia.”

“We have no recollection of anything like this happening here,” one resident told the Italian news outlet.

The victim’s parents are expected to arrive in Chioggia on Wednesday to be with their daughter.

“The city remains mobilized and united in the hope of finding him as soon as possible,” Armelao said of the victim’s missing dog.