A woman in Toronto has been arrested after she reportedly stabbed her partner in the genitals during an argument.
Canadian police found a man with multiple stab wounds when they responded to the incident at an apartment complex in an eastern part of the city at around 9:10am on Sunday morning.
The man was rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries but his condition is now believed to be stable.
Eyewitnesses say the stab victim staggered through the the building while naked and bleeding.
Lydia Ijan, a resident of the apartment complex, told Global News: “I saw a guy … naked, asking for help, and he was bleeding.”
She also saw police remove a large knife from the scene.
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A woman, named locally as 42-year-old Deidre Martin, has been arrested over the alleged attack.
Detectives allege she produced a knife during a heated domestic dispute and proceeded to stab her partner multiple times.
She has been charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault, assault with a weapon and possession of weapons dangerous to the public peace.
Some reports say the woman jumped off a seventh-floor balcony but this has not been confirmed by police, who are continuing to examine the exact circumstances of the incident.
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“I believe that she suffered a fall,” Const. David Hopkinson told local news outlet the Toronto Star.
He added: “I know that there’s some media reports suggesting he had his genitals taken off (by the stabbing).
“That is not true, but I won’t go into the specific injuries.”
