When they entered around 1:30 a.m. in the apartment of this building on rue Baudin in Noisy-le-Sec (Seine-Saint-Denis), the police discovered an unconscious woman "wounded with a stab at the throat and in the region of the heart", indicates a source close to the investigation.
She was lying in the living room, a room stained with blood.
The 31-year-old victim was to die shortly thereafter.
A neighbor had alerted the police that a couple was arguing.
He had heard screams coming from the apartment.
He also said that a man had fled on foot.
The individual was recognizable by his orange shorts.
He was apprehended very quickly at the corner of rue Alsace Lorraine and avenue de Rosny, not far from the crime scene.
He offered no resistance.
This is the victim's spouse.
Aged 41, he was also covered in blood and "he had a bleeding open wound of about 2 cm in the left thigh, but no trace of a knife", indicates a source close to the investigation.
The agents gave him first aid by placing a haemostatic bandage on him.
He was then transported under police escort to the hospital.
In the apartment, the confrontation was of a rare violence as evidenced by the many traces of blood found.
All around the residence, bloody footprints are also visible.
The couple of Cape Verdean origin was alone at the time of the events in this accommodation in the “Petit Noisy” district, north of the city.
The suspect, after being treated, was taken into custody.
The departmental service of the judicial police of Seine-Saint-Denis (SDPJ) was seized for "homicide by spouse", indicates Éric Mathais, public prosecutor of Bobigny. At this stage of the investigation, no trace of previous complaint for domestic violence has not been identified.
“I am stunned when a new feminicide happens.
There is such a need for education, ”reacted PCF mayor Olivier Sarrabeyrouse, who was a school teacher for a long time.
He underlines that he has made “violence against women one of the priorities of his mandate by assigning the delegation of gender equality to an assistant, Sandrine Louet.
A year and a half ago, the city launched an unprecedented initiative.
On the paper bags of the bread sticks, were written the figures of violence committed against women.
A measure since taken up by other municipalities and other departments.
This new homicide by spouse brings to fifty-seven the number of feminicides, listed by the Collectif Féminicides by companions or ex, committed in France since the beginning of the year.
In Seine-Saint-Denis, the last murder of a woman by her spouse dates from January 7 in Aubervilliers.
The murderer had killed his wife and 2-year-old daughter by stabbing them.
