A man and a woman were arrested in Vias (Hérault), said Raphaël Balland, the public prosecutor of Béziers. Monday, municipal police, then gendarmes, intervened at the home of this couple, who had just called for help to report that a man was injured in the throat, in their living room.
An investigation into attempted murder was entrusted to the gendarmes of the Pezenas company. The couple were taken into police custody. It was extended Tuesday.
A woman's ex-companion
The suspect, who had a rate of 0.76 mg of alcohol per liter of expired air at the time of his arrest, stated that "he stabbed the victim's throat, apparently he out of jealousy, but that he immediately regretted this gesture, indicates the prosecutor. He then made a compression point at the level of the victim's throat using a cloth and asked his partner to call for help. The woman stated that she cleaned and then threw away (…) the knife used by her companion. "
The victim, an ex-companion of this woman, was transported to the Montpellier University Hospital. His vital prognosis was not engaged on Tuesday evening. The evening of the events, the victim came to visit his ex-partner after his release from detention two days earlier.
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