It was the victim's daughter who sounded the alert and notified the emergency services.
A 43-year-old woman was stabbed by her companion, in the Montaudran district, in Toulouse (Haute-Garonne), on Saturday evening, reveals La Dépêche du Midi.
Hospitalized, initially in serious condition, she "is doing better and is now out of danger", confirms a police source with the newspaper.
The companion's stab, carried to the throat, and affecting the carotid artery of his victim, could have been fatal.
Alerted around 7:30 p.m. by the victim's daughter, the police and then the firefighters were able to rescue the victim and take her in quickly.
Its vital prognosis was engaged when the firefighters discovered it, specifies France Bleu.
"After an argument, the man stabbed him with a knife before fleeing, not without hiding the knife and being under the influence of a state of intoxication", detailed to the radio the prosecutor of Toulouse .
Already known to justice, especially for violence, this 44-year-old man was heard at the police station.
He was to be referred on Monday.
59 feminicides since the start of the year
This attempt at feminicide should be placed in a context of an increase in these acts. Friday, a 31-year-old woman was stabbed to death by her ex-companion in Bordeaux, indicted and remanded in custody on Sunday. The collective Feminicides by companions or ex has identified, since the beginning of the year, 59 feminicides in France.