A PERTH man has been charged with attempted murder for allegedly stabbing his former girlfriend up to 25 times as bystanders watched in horror, before then stabbing himself repeatedly in the chest.
The 29-year-old woman and 49-year-old man were driving along Lewis Road, in southeast suburban Maddington on Saturday morning, when an argument broke out.
Police said the fight escalated when the man, who was driving, pulled out a knife and stabbed the woman several times.
Their Mitsubishi truck then slammed into a ute as it was crossing the intersection with Gosnells Road West, and the woman tried to escape by jumping out and running across the road.
But the man chased her down and allegedly started stabbing her again in the neck, chest and legs as she fell bleeding to the ground. Police said she was stabbed between 15 and 25 times.
They said the man then turned the knife on himself, stabbing his chest and abdomen.
Three motorists stopped and went to the woman's aid, using star pickets to hold the man at bay until police arrived.
The woman was last night in a stable condition in Royal Perth Hospital.
The man was under police guard and in a stable condition at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital.
He has been charged with attempted murder.
In another stabbing incident, a 21-year-old man was found dead at a Tuart Hill home, in Perth's north, at 9.45am yesterday.
Police said the Major Crime Squad was investigating.
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