North Rhine-Westphalia: woman seriously injured with a knife: husband suspect

Wickede / Ruhr (dpa / lnw) - A 40-year-old is said to have seriously injured his five-year-old wife with a knife in Wickede near Dortmund. The woman was given first aid on site and then operated on in a hospital, the police in Dortmund said on Sunday. The 35-year-old is not in mortal danger. The police said nothing about the background to the act on Saturday evening. The suspect should be brought before a magistrate for remand.