A 20-year-old young woman, resident of the Battant district, in the city center of Besançon, was stabbed to death on Monday January 18 in the early evening, we learned on Tuesday from a police source, confirming information of
the Republican East
.
“
A case of nameless violence
”, points out our source.
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The facts occurred shortly before 7 p.m. in the young woman's apartment.
Despite the intervention of the emergency services, the latter died of her injuries around 7:30 p.m.,
the public prosecutor of Besançon Étienne Manteaux told
France Bleu .
And the magistrate clarified that the victim “
was seriously injured in the throat with a knife.
»
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A 34-year-old man, who would in all likelihood be the young woman's companion, was arrested "
near the apartment
" and placed in police custody.
The investigation was entrusted to the departmental security of Besançon.
A press conference will be given on Wednesday afternoon by the prosecutor at the Besançon courthouse.
This murder occurs three weeks after that of the rue de Dole, in Besançon, where a woman had her throat cut by her 61-year-old companion.
Placed in police custody, the respondent had quickly recognized the facts, explaining that he could not bear the announcement of his companion to leave him after 40 years of living together.
According to the feminist collective #NousToutes, 113 women died in France under the blows of their spouse or ex-spouse in 2021.
