A 72-year-old man remains in custody after his partner was found dead on a regional NSW property.
Emergency services were called to a property at Corella Close in Congarinni, about 25km southwest of Nambucca Heads on the Mid North Coast, about 11am on Thursday.
NSW Police had received reports of an assault and officers arrived at the scene to find the body of a woman and a man allegedly armed with a knife.
Officers confronted the alleged knifeman and arrested him following a struggle.
NSW Police Acting Superintendent Matt Hinton said later on Thursday that the man had suffered injuries to his neck and wrists.
He said they appeared self-inflicted.
The man was taken to hospital under police guard in a serious but stable condition.
The woman, believed to be aged in her 70s, was assessed by paramedics and pronounced dead at the scene.
NSW Police Acting Superintendent Matt Hinton said police arrested an armed man at the scene No charges were laid as of Thursday night.
The woman is yet to be formally identified, but it's believed she was the alleged attacker's partner.
The investigation is ongoing.
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