A man was indicted on Sunday evening for intentional homicide after the discovery in Pointe-à-Pitre (Guadeloupe) of the body of a young woman presented as his ex-companion, public prosecutor Patrick told AFP. Gardens.
The judicial information "
will allow further investigations to clarify the circumstances of this feminicide
", indicated the prosecution.
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The Pointe-à-Pitre firefighters were called Friday evening to a building known, according to a police source, to be regularly the scene of violent acts.
They discovered the body of a 25-year-old woman bathed in blood after she was believed to have been fatally injured by a gun.
"But the autopsy must take place to confirm this and give more details
," said Patrick Desjardins.
Two people were taken into custody.
One was released but the other, a man described as the ex-companion of the young woman, was indicted and remanded in custody.
The investigation, entrusted to the territorial management of the national police, is continuing.