A couple in their seventies was found dead on Wednesday February 23 at their home in Cabriès, south of Aix-en-Provence, we learned this Thursday from the public prosecutor's office in this city, which believes that the track of the "family
drama is very likely
”.
"
The first findings suggest that the man killed the woman before turning the weapon against him
", explained to AFP the public prosecutor of Aix-en-Provence, Jean-Luc Blachon, confirming a information from the regional daily newspaper
La Provence
.
It was the couple's housekeeper who gave the alert.
The investigation, which should try to explain the possible motivations of this tragedy, has been entrusted to the departmental security.
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According to the latest available figures from the Ministry of the Interior, the number of murders of women increased by 20% in France in 2021 compared to the previous year, with 122 women killed by the blows of their spouse or ex-spouse. .
The lower toll in 2020, with 102 women killed compared to 146 in 2019, had been exceptional, without knowing what role the periods of confinement and curfew played there.