A TEENAGE mum is fighting for her life after her axe-wielding lover savagely attacked her, chopping off her tongue and pulling out one of her eyes.

Crazed Evangelino Olivas Colon, 32, flew into a rage when his 17-year-old girlfriend Filis Elizondo Orellana said she wanted to take their six-month-old baby and three-year-old daughter to her mother’s house in the town of Baia Mare in Northern Romania.

He attacked the woman with an axe before bashing her around the head.

He then took a knife and sliced off her tongue before gouging out one of her eyeballs in front of their terrified children.

media_camera Savage attack ... The weapon used to attack Filis Elizondo Orellana in Romania. Picture: Australscope

Police were called to the scene after locals heard screaming.

“I heard this screaming coming from her and then when that stopped I could still hear the kids, and when I ran out to see what was happening I saw him running off with an axe,” neighbour Alina Medrea said.

“When I went inside it was like something out of a horror film.

“The girl was lying on the floor unconscious in a pool of blood, one of her eyes was missing and the children, despite their young age, were terrified and crying. It was just horrific.”

media_camera Scene of the crime ... One of the most important mining centres of Romania, Baia Mare has a history of more than 2000 years of gold, silver, and other nonferrous metals extraction.

The young woman was rushed to intensive care where she is now fighting for her life.

Dr Dacian Juga from the Maramures County Medical Service for Emergencies said: “When we found her she was in a coma.

“She has now come out of that but is in grave condition with severe wounds to her skull and her face.”

Police later arrested her boyfriend who is now facing 20 years for attempted murder.

A police spokesman said: “This is one of the most horrific acts of domestic violence we have seen. The man is being held in custody until he can be taken to court. We need to see if the young woman survives before deciding what to charge him with.”

Originally published as Girl’s tongue cut off, eye gouged out