Man stabbed to death in Toulouse, his partner taken into custody

A man in his forties was killed by a stab wound to the heart on Friday, August 2 in Toulouse (Haute-Garonne), France Bleu Occitanie learned from the public prosecutor, confirming information from La Dépêche du Midi. His partner was arrested and taken into police custody.

The events took place on Friday evening in the Fer à Cheval district. The circumstances have not yet been established, but the preferred hypothesis is that of a marital dispute. The public prosecutor claims that the victim was in a common-law relationship with the suspect. “for many years”.

This woman, aged around forty, was arrested shortly after the incident. “Drunk and probably under the influence of drugs”she was taken into custody. The suspect was interviewed by the police this Saturday morning. The victim’s body is to be autopsied next week.