A 35-year-old Spanish woman is in intensive care at Son Espases Hospital after being stabbed several times in the neck by her ex-partner.
The incident occurred around 5.15 on Sunday morning. There was a birthday party at a property in Costitx. People attending the party later told the Guardia Civil that the woman said she needed to go outside. Some moments later, they heard a car horn and cries for help.
The woman's ex-partner, a 31-year-old Colombian man subject to a restraining order, was seen repeatedly stabbing her. Friends rushed to her aid, and he then began to injure himself before jumping from a wall. Investigators believe he tried to commit suicide.
He was arrested and taken to Inca Hospital. The woman required emergency surgery at Son Espases.