An investigation for " murder by spouse " was opened Wednesday after the discovery in the early afternoon of the lifeless bodies of two octogenarians in their house in Anglet (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), we learned from the prosecution from Bayonne.
Initial evidence indicates that the 89-year-old man first shot his 83-year-old wife with a hunting rifle before turning the weapon on him, he said. 'AFP the public prosecutor of Bayonne Jérôme Bourrier, confirming information from the local press.
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In the early afternoon, the husband would have called the emergency services to warn them of what they were going to find in the house. When they arrived at the scene, the man and the woman had already died. The on-site observations were still in progress at 4 p.m.
If the facts of spousal homicide were confirmed, this case would bring to at least 23 the number of alleged femicides since the beginning of the year, according to an AFP count. In 2019, AFP identified at least 126 cases of women killed by their partner or ex, i.e. a woman every three days on average.
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