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"A Nashua man faced charges Wednesday that he slashed his wife's throat while she slept, hours after she asked for a divorce.Click to watch News 9's coverage.Police said in court documents that Mohammad Salimullah, 36, attacked his wife and then tried to kill himself. Public defender Ed Cross said he hasn't been able to talk to his client that much because he's dealing with a language barrier and trying to gain the trust of the Myanmar native.Salimullah was charged with first- and second-degree assault.\"He understands the nature of the charges, but he is totally bewildered by the system,\" Cross said. \"He's very confused as to what will happen in the future, and you have to explain things to him in a very simplified way.\"Salimullah waived his probable cause hearing.According to his wife's statement to police, she and her husband had been having issues, and two weeks ago, she asked for a divorce.His response, according to his wife, was, \"We will die together. I will not allow you to get a divorce.\"The paperwork goes on to say that that night, his wife awoke to find her husband above her \"with his hand over her mouth and a knife to her throat. He pushed the knife down against her throat, causing the laceration to her neck.\"Investigators said her fingers were cut as she tried to push him off. When she got up and turned on the lights, he had the knife to his stomach. Salimullah's wife ran to her sister's room for help.Police said they found Salimullah with a stab wound to his stomach.The case will now go to Superior Court.The victim's injury was not life-threatening, but she had to get multiple stitches in her neck."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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