Three women have been killed since Tuesday July 28 by their spouse in Cannes, in the Somme and near Lyon and a fourth is in serious condition after a defenestration in Marly (North), we learned from police sources. These cases bring to 43 the number of suspected feminicides identified since the start of the year, according to an AFP count.
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Thursday, a woman in her twenties was killed in the middle of the day by her husband, at her home in Cannes (Alpes-Maritimes), in the sensitive district of Bocca, according to a police source. This man in his thirties presented himself at the police station of La Bocca, said this source, confirming the information from Nice-Matin.
The young woman, mother of a one-year-old child, present at the time of the facts, was stabbed several times. The spouse, who was taken into custody, told the police to have had " a kind of madness ", according to this police source.
In each case, stab wounds
The 42nd alleged feminicide identified by AFP took place on Wednesday in the Somme, under similar conditions. A young 20-year-old woman was indeed killed there by her companion, who admitted to having stabbed her but denied any intention to kill her. Already known to justice, he is in police custody, we learned Thursday from the Amiens prosecutor's office. This 26-year-old man went on his own to the Hallencourt gendarmerie, claiming to transport his ex-girlfriend, injured, in his car, deputy prosecutor Anne-Laure Sandretto told AFP, confirming a information from Courrier Picard.
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The autopsy performed Thursday showed that the death was due to " multiple stab wounds to the heart ." " He will be referred tomorrow (Friday) with the opening of a judicial investigation and requisition for placement in pre-trial detention by the prosecution, " she added. Another victim (the 41st) was also killed - also with stab wounds - by her spouse Tuesday evening near Lyon.
More than 210,000 battered women each year in France
During a trip to an emergency shelter on Thursday, Prime Minister Jean Castex underlined that society had “ the duty ” to protect women victims of domestic violence “ I am here tonight to condemn in the strongest way violence against women. This is unacceptable ”,“ we cannot tolerate this ”, he declared, noting that“ cowardice is the cause ”. “ I say to all the women 'come forward, let it be known'. Society has a duty to protect you and to repress what has been done, ”he continued.
Accompanied by the Minister Delegate for Gender Equality, Elisabeth Moreno, the head of government had just visited a large house with a garden near Paris which urgently accommodates women victims of violence with their children. This associative structure offers them specialized support with psychologists and educators. “ Here it works, it works, it will undoubtedly be necessary to multiply structures like this one. It is the role of the minister who accompanies me ”, argued Jean Castex.
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Some 210,000 women are victims of domestic violence each year. A particularly risky period in terms of domestic violence, the confinement linked to the health crisis led to a 42% increase in the interventions of the police for this reason compared to 2019.
According to a report from the Interministerial Mission for the Protection of Women against Violence and the Fight against Human Trafficking (Miprof) handed to Elisabeth Moreno on Wednesday, calls to the emergency number 3919 increased sharply during this period, as did reports of sexual and gender-based violence on the platform arretonslesviolences.gouv.fr.