Yonne: the alleged perpetrator of a imprisoned feminicide

The former companion of a thirty-something shot Friday afternoon in Monéteau (Yonne) was indicted Sunday for "

" and imprisoned, we learned from the prosecutor of Auxerre Hugues de Phily.

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The 32-year-old young woman was shot dead on Friday in a public parking lot in the center of Monéteau.

According to witnesses alerted by the shots and quoted by France Bleu radio, the 34-year-old man shot his ex-girlfriend twice, then a third time ten minutes later.

During his custody, the suspect gave only "

" to investigators, Mr. de Phily told AFP.

At the beginning of the year, the young woman had filed a complaint against her former companion and had attended an association to help victims of domestic violence.

The man had been the subject of a criminal composition, an alternative to legal proceedings, for which he had to follow a course to raise awareness of domestic violence, added the prosecutor.

He had no other conviction.

The couple have two young children, 18 months and 5 years old.

In 2020, according to figures from the Ministry of Justice, 90 women were killed by their spouse or ex-spouse.