A major wound in the neck, others in the face, a sunken eye.
The injuries of this 38-year-old woman show the violence of the attack she suffered on Thursday morning in the Grèves district of Colombes.
It was not yet 7 a.m. when a resident of this city bordering the A86 motorway, not far from the Bezons bridge (Val-d'Oise), saw the unfortunate woman at the foot of the houses, struck by a man.
It is his companion, 49 years old, completely drunk at this early hour, who strikes him.
Attacker held by two witnesses
Hearing the cries for some, seeing the woman bleeding for others, several residents dialed 17 to alert the police.
Two witnesses blocked the aggressor while waiting for the arrival of the police and help.
The Samu provided first aid to the victim on the spot, before taking him in absolute urgency to the hospital.
In the morning, her vital prognosis was no longer engaged, but "she suffers from very serious injuries", specifies a person close to the investigation.
His violent companion was taken to the local hospital to be treated for wounds on his hands, apparently caused by the cutter he used to hit his companion.
And he was placed in police custody as part of the investigation opened for "attempted murder", entrusted to the departmental judicial police service.