A 50-year-old woman died after being stabbed by her husband, who then surrendered to the police on Wednesday August 31 in Villeurbanne, a town bordering Lyon, several concordant sources told AFP.
"
We intervened on a person injured with a knife around 4:00 p.m., she was stabbed
," said the Codis du Rhône.
“
The 50-year-old victim was in cardiac arrest when we arrived, we undertook massage and breathing for an hour, she was declared dead around 5:00
p.m.
“
Her husband (went) immediately to the city police station to turn himself in as a prisoner.
He (was) placed in police custody at 4:15 p.m.
, “said the Lyon prosecutor’s office on Wednesday evening.
Read alsoBrazil shaken by a surge in feminicides
The couple's two children, aged 19 and 9, were at the home at the time of the events, added this same source, and the protocol for the care of minor children present during a feminicide was activated in order to direct children to the Woman Mother Child Hospital (HFME) in Bron (Rhône).
According to Codis, a third five-year-old child, who was being cared for by the family, also witnessed the scene.
The Lyon public prosecutor's office has opened an investigation by the head of intentional homicide by spouse and seized the services of the Departmental Security.
It would be the 79th spousal homicide of the year, according to an updated count of the collective "
Femicides by companions or ex
".
According to the latest figures from the Home Office, 122 women were killed in 2021, a number up 20% from 2020.