APEX, N.C. — A Wake County prosecutor says a man accused of attacking his ex-girlfriend with a machete had been stalking her after their break-up.
Local media outlets report 20-year-old Neel Salil Mehta of Cary is charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury. Assistant District Attorney Anna Davis said Friday that authorities plan to upgrade the charge to attempted first-degree murder.
Apex police said 18-year-old Priyanka Kumari was walking home from a school bus stop Thursday when she was attacked. Davis said Kumari suffered wounds to her face, neck and hands.
A judge set Mehta's bond at $2 million. He has requested a court-appointed attorney.
Davis said investigators determined that Mehta had been sending Kumari threatening emails and had been planning the attack for several days.
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