A 32-year-old woman was found seriously injured in Mantes-la-Ville (Yvelines) She had a stab wound to the throat and was taken to hospital. Her companion, 42, is suspected of the attack.
Police used a taser on him. The couple's child, 3, was sleeping at the time of the incident and has been taken into care by social services. The man was drunk, with blood on him and injured in the hand, was placed in police custody.