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Police say a man recently attacked his girlfriend because of an argument over religion.

Advertisement Man blames voices in head for attack on girlfriend, police say Robert Davis charged with attempted murder after incident in Albuquerque Share Shares Copy Link Copy

Lapel video shows officers responding to a 911 call Saturday at a northeast Albuquerque apartment complex.Officers said Robert Davis was sitting on the sidewalk with blood on his hands. Davis told officers his girlfriend's mother just stabbed and shocked her with a Taser, police said."Did she have a knife? What kind of knife did she have?" an officer asked."She had a Taser and a kitchen knife," Davis said.Police drew their weapons and ran into the apartment. They kicked down the door.When they got inside, a woman said Davis attacked his girlfriend."Stop that guy. Get him into custody," an officer said.Davis was arrested and charged with attempted murder. He told investigators he attacked his girlfriend because she said she was an atheist, according to the criminal complaint.Davis claimed voices in his head told him to "kill the devil," according to the complaint."(My daughter) said, ‘I'm not going to deal with this,’ and next thing I knew, he was on her and tasing her in the face," said Charmaine McCoy, the victim's mother.Davis is also accused of stabbing his girlfriend twice in the chest.McCoy said her daughter is still in a hospital, but is expected to be OK.A judge released Davis without him having to post bail Monday in Metropolitan Court. The judge said there was a mistake in the complaint, so she did not have a choice.Davis had to stay in jail anyway for unrelated cases.Albuquerque police said they've since fixed the mistake on the complaint so the case will move forward.