COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — A 39-year-old man is recovering from stab wounds that police say he received when he broke into a Council Bluffs home and attacked his estranged wife.

Council Bluffs police say the man was taken to an Omaha, Nebraska, hospital for treatment after a traffic stop. Officers had responded to a call around 5:45 p.m. Sunday by a woman reporting threats against her and another woman.

The officers say the man had left by the time they arrived at the home. The women reported that he’d broken in and tried to choke one of them, but she grabbed a kitchen knife and stabbed him. Officers say her injuries were minor and that the other woman wasn’t hurt.

Police say charges are likely against the man, but he’s not yet been arrested.