A 37-year-old French woman has been found stabbed to death in her apartment in central Dublin in a suspected murder.
The victim, named locally as Anne Colomines, 37, was found dead with multiple stab wounds in the flat she shared with her husband the Irish capital.
Her husband Renato Gehlen, 35, was found seriously injured in the flat, and is currently in hospital, but police are ‘not looking at anyone else at present’.
Incident: A 37-year-old French woman, believed to be PayPal employee Anne Colomines, was found stabbed to death in a flat in Dublin and a 35-year-old Brazilian man, allegedly her husband Renato Gehlen, was hospitalised with severe injuries
Gardai was called to Dorset Square in Gardiner Street in Dublin’s north inner city on Tuesday night after a phone call at about 11.30pm on Tuesday.
The victim was found in the kitchen of a flat on the fourth floor of the apartment block, and pronounced dead at the scene.
Ms Colomines, who headed up an account manager team at PayPal, was originally from France but had worked in Dublin since 2012.
Mr Gehlen, from Brazil, was found with serious injuries and was immideately rushed to a local hospital.
Allegations: An Irish journalist reported that the two people involved in the incident are Anne Colomines and Renato Gehlen, pictured left and right in photos from their Facebook pages
Garda at the scene after a woman was found dead in an apartment at Dorset Square in Gardiner Street in Dublin’s north inner city on Tuesday night
Unconfirmed: A murder inquiry has been launched into what is believed to be the death of Anne Colomines in a stabbing in the home she shared with husband Renato Gehlen in Dublin
The couple was first named on Twitter by local journalist Padraig O’Reilly.
Gardai in Dublin has launched a murder inquiry but are treating it as a domestic incident and are not looking for anyone else at present, according to RTE.
The area is currently sealed off for forensic investigation.
Gardai declined to comment on the identity of the victim when contacted by MailOnline.