A sixty-year-old was taken into police custody after stabbing his wife in Sanary-sur-Mer (Var), we learned on Friday February 2 from the Toulon prosecutor's office and police sources. A murder of a spouse targeting a woman occurs on average every three days in France.
In 2022, 118 women were killed by their spouse or ex-spouse, according to a report from the Ministry of the Interior. The victim, hit in the chest, died on the spot despite the intervention of firefighters.