Dortmund/Hamm (dpa/lnw) - After a life-threatening knife attack on a woman in Hamm, the 40-year-old husband was remanded in custody. He is accused of attempted murder in combination with dangerous bodily harm, as the police and public prosecutor's office in Dortmund announced on Tuesday. The 40-year-old woman was critically injured in the attack on Monday morning. She had to have emergency surgery. According to a spokesman for the prosecutor's office, she was out of danger on Tuesday.
Investigators did not provide any information on Tuesday about a possible motive. The 40-year-old, who had been arrested without resistance after the knife attack, was examined by a psychiatric expert. According to the police, there was no evidence of a serious mental illness.
