A man has been arrested in France for attempting to kill his partner's son in Barcelona.

The Mossos d'Esquadra and the French Gendarmerie have arrested a 35-year-old man in France who is being investigated for trying to kill his partner's teenage son in Barcelona. The man stabbed the boy, about 14 years old, on October 16. and since then it was being investigated as a case of vicarious violence.