An 88-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of killing his 85-year-old wife after her body was discovered at their home in Beausoleil on Sunday, according to the Nice prosecutor’s office.

The man presented himself at Monaco’s Princess Grace Hospital seeking treatment for superficial wounds on Sunday morning, where he told staff he had killed his wife, local newspaper Monaco Matin reported.

Police then found the woman’s body at the Ténao residence at chemin Romain in Beausoleil. The prosecutor’s office said she had “several bleeding wounds” and that a knife was believed to have been used.

The man was treated for his injuries, requiring stitches, before being taken into custody near the Monaco border. He has been formally held “for spousal homicide in the context of a flagrant offence investigation,” the prosecutor confirmed on Sunday evening.

The investigation has been assigned to the SLPJ police unit in Menton.

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