An Arab woman used her teeth to stop a man from raping her after he smashed his way into her house in Saudi Arabia, a local daily reported Monday.

The unidentified assailant stabbed the woman, a doctor’s wife, and punched her many times after she kept biting him to prevent him from raping her at her house in Alula near the central town of Madina, 'Alwatan' said.

“He then punched her on the mouth, causing some of her teeth to fall off…after stabbing her, he fled without raping her,” the paper said.

It said the housewife was in a stable condition at hospital and that police have mounted a manhunt to seize the assailant.