The 46-year-old woman, arrested in a context of heavy consumption of alcohol and narcotics, had lodged a complaint against her partner twice this year for violence.

A 37-year-old man died stabbed Friday night in Limoges by his girlfriend of 46, who was under the influence of alcohol and had several times filed a complaint against him for violence, said police Saturday. The Brazilian woman allegedly wore six stab wounds in the victim's chest, in an apartment in a building in the center of Limoges, in a context of heavy consumption of alcohol and narcotics, according to the same source . An autopsy of the body is planned.

The man died shortly after the arrival of Samu and the firemen and the woman was arrested in the apartment. Placed in cell of sobering then in police custody, it was to be presented to the floor of Limoges Saturday late afternoon.

The forty-year-old explained to the investigators that his companion was violent toward her. This year, she had lodged a complaint against him twice, in June and August.