Eugenio Luque, 51, has shot dead with a shotgun at his wife, María del Mar Castro, 43, in Aznalcóllar (Seville), last midnight, and then has committed suicide. The sexist murder occurred at the family home of the marriage, where the couple's four-year-old son was, who has two other children aged 20 and 15. On the man, of mining profession and amateur hunter to whom several authorized weapons have been withdrawn, there were no previous complaints, restraining orders for ill-treatment, nor did he have a record, according to police sources.
The neighbors alerted the emergency services of the shooting and shouting of the child last night at 23.50, which were heard at number 6 of the Pedro Gómez del Castillo street of the Sevillian municipality, adjacent to the Town Hall. The victim was a housewife. "The neighbors and relatives called alerted by the shooting and shouting of the couple's son. No one knew the ill-treatment, nor the relatives. We had never seen such a murder in the town, it is the first time," he said Wednesday Mayor of Aznalcóllar, Juan José Fernández.
The bodies of the couple are already in the San Jerónimo funeral home in the Andalusian capital. The City Council has decreed two days of mourning after the crime and all school activities in the centers of Aznalcóllar for the day of Andalusia have been suspended.
The Delegation of the Government against Gender Violence has informed this Wednesday of the macho nature of this crime. The Minister of Equality, Irene Montero, has promised "more prevention, more protection and more reparation" to the victims of sexist violence and their families, after the murder of Aznalcóllar. "In the face of each sexist murder: more prevention, more protection, more reparation for the victims and their families. They will find us united to eradicate sexist violence. We want each other alive. My hug to the family and friends of this woman," he said. indicated the minister on Twitter.
The murdered woman is the third victim of sexist violence in Andalusia and the twelfth in Spain in 2020. The year 2019 closed with 55 women killed at the hands of their partners or ex-partners, the highest figure for five years. The number of women killed since 2003 - when an official statistic was created - amounts to 1,045, and the number of children killed 35.
016 attends to all victims of sexist violence 24 hours a day and in 51 languages. It leaves no trace on the invoice, but it must be deleted from the mobile phone's call log. Minors can also go to the Anar Foundation 900 20 20 10 phone number and citizens who witness an assault should call 112.