Two women were stabbed to death on Friday January 14 at the end of the afternoon in Roujan in the Hérault, a priori by the partner of one of the two victims, a young woman in her twenties, AFP learned from the prosecution.
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The defendant, the partner of one of the two victims, was arrested by the gendarmerie in the family restaurant opposite the apartment where the facts a priori took place
", specified to AFP the prosecutor of the Republic of Béziers, Raphaël Balland, confirming initial information from the daily
Midi Libre
.
Placed in police custody around 7:00 p.m., the young man would have immediately explained to his relatives "
having done something stupid
", explained Raphaël Balland, stressing that "
the nature of the weapon remains to be determined, even if it is probably a knife
.
At least five women killed by their spouse or ex-spouse in 2022
The second victim, whose identity had not yet been determined by investigators on Friday evening, "
could be a next-door neighbor of the young woman targeted
," said the prosecutor. Neither the alleged murderer nor his companion were known to the police or gendarmerie, "
whether as the perpetrator or as the victim
", insisted the Béziers prosecutor. The family of the young woman confirmed to the investigators that they had never heard of either a blow or a threat against her.
According to the latest report from the Ministry of the Interior, 102 women died under the blows of their spouse or ex-spouse in 2020. They were 146 in 2019. If this feminicide is confirmed, it would be at least the fifth this year, after four women killed since January 1 by their companion or former companion, in Maine-et-Loire, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Seine-Saint-Denis and Nice in the Alpes-Maritimes.
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