A 33-year-old man killed his wife with a knife in front of their two-year-old child on Sunday afternoon in Saint-Etienne, we learned from the prosecution of this city.
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"This father, unknown to Justice, called the firefighters around 3:00 p.m. after stabbing his 32-year-old wife who died, suffering from a heart attack,"
André Merle, deputy prosecutor, told AFP of the Republic of Saint-Etienne, confirming information from the regional daily
Le Progrès
.
Warned by the emergency services, the police arrested this man from the Maghreb in the couple's apartment, located near the Saint-Etienne courthouse.
After receiving stitches for the stabbing which he had apparently carried himself to the neck, he was deemed able to be taken into custody at the central police station in Saint- Etienne, we say from the same source.
The two-year-old, who was present in the apartment at the time of the tragedy, was entrusted to an uncle of the family.
The investigation which will have to establish the circumstances and the motive of this man, apparently socially integrated, has been entrusted to the departmental security of the Loire.