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Var: a man kills his ex-partner and commits suicide

2020-02-23T16:39:16.962Z



A man in his fifties killed his ex-girlfriend on Sunday before committing suicide in a village in the Var near Brignoles, AFP learned from concordant sources.

The facts took place shortly after 7 am in the town of Val, said a source familiar with the matter, confirming information from Var-Matin. The man, a police officer stationed in Toulon, went to the home of his ex-partner, in his forties, and shot him several times. He then turned his gun against him, the same source said.

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The criminal investigation technicians of the Var gendarmerie group were dispatched to the scene to conduct surveys at the crime scene.

This case brings to at least ten the number of women killed by their companion or ex-companions, since the beginning of the year, according to an AFP count. In 2019, AFP identified at least 126 cases, an average of one woman every three days.

Source: lefigaro

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