A man died after being stabbed in the night from Thursday to Friday in Morcenx-la-Nouvelle in the Landes. His wife, suspected of having killed him, was placed in police custody.

A 25-year-old man was fatally stabbed in the night from Thursday to Friday in Morcenx-la-Nouvelle in the Landes. His partner was she who is currently in police custody for "attempted murder by spouse", we learned from a source close to the investigation.

She is suspected of having stabbed her partner in an argument that has escalated, the source said.

The investigation entrusted to the gendarmes of the Parentis-en-Born research brigade

The death of the man was noted around 2:00 am on the arrival of help in this small town of 5,000 inhabitants. The Mont-de-Marsan prosecutor's office entrusted the investigation to the gendarmes of the Parentis-en-Born research brigade.