The man arrived at the hospital with a large machete lodged in his temple and calmly prepared to wait. Identified as Isma, he walked into the emergency room with the weapon stuck in his head. What was most disturbing wasn’t just the injury, but his calmness: he sat down, scrolling on his phone as if nothing had happened.

The blade had penetrated several centimeters into his skull after a violent attack. Against all odds, he remained conscious.

He was treated at Lokmanya Tilak General Hospital, where doctors managed to remove the machete in an emergency surgery. He survived, but the image remained etched like something out of a nightmare.

