A candidate for congress in Brazil is recovering after his former lover stabbed him at his home in the central-west state of Mato Grosso do Sul on Monday (September 26).

Daisa Garcia, 29, attacked Saulo Batista, during an argument hours after they had ended their two-year extramarital affair, police said.

Batista was treated for stab wounds that are considered non-life-threatening.

The incident unraveled after Garcia decided to stop by Batista’s condominium in the municipality of Campo Grande to pick up her personal belongings after Batista had told her that he was going to attend a campaign event ahead of the October 12 general elections.

However, Batista was with his wife at the apartment when Garcia arrived, according to a police report. 

A fight ensued between the three before workers at the building intervened and removed Garcia to another apartment that Batista owned a floor below.

Moments later, Batista and Garcia got into a second argument during which she stabbed her ex-boyfriend.

The wife told the police that she heard the commotion and went to the apartment, but was chased by Garcia and sought refuge inside a room that was being renovated.

The 40-year-old politician, a father-of-two, was treated for three non-life-threatening stabbing wounds to the chest at a hospital in the city of Campo Grande. 

He left a medical facility without being discharged in the afternoon in order to press charges, according to Brazilian news outlet G1.

Garcia was accompanied by her lawyer, Kalanit Tiecher, to a local police precinct in the city of Campo Verde and provided a statement before she was released without being charged.

In her police testimony, Garcia alleged that Batista and the woman he was with assaulted her and grabbed her by the hair while adding that she ‘grabbed something on the table’ before she struck him.

She also showed investigators bruises on her left arm that resulted from the fight.

Garcia told the police that she had an order of protection against Batista but continued to see him and never asked the court to lift it.

While Batista posted a photo of himself on his Instagram account that showed him dressed in a hospital gown, neither he nor his campaign have spoken publicly about the incident.

The incident is being investigated by local authorities.