A domestic quarrel in Rhodes escalated into a tragedy in the early hours on Thursday morning, after a 31-year-old attacked his wife with a knife before shooting himself with a hunting rifle.

The reports indicate that during the fight, the 31-year-old man stabbed his 33-year-old wife twice. An ambulance was called out, however the husband attacked her once again and managed to inflict another wound.

Following the attack, the man barricaded himself in his home and police arrived shortly after. With police arriving to arrest him, the man armed a hunting rifle and took his own life, shortly after 2:30am. The 33-year-old woman is being treated for her wounds, but is not in any danger.