A 22-year-old man was indicted for the murder of his girlfriend and placed in pre-trial detention in Fort-de-France, the prosecution said on Friday February 16, a crime which arouses indignation among feminist associations in Martinique.
The indicted confessed to being the author of the shot which fatally hit a 22-year-old woman in the face during the night from Tuesday to Wednesday in a residence in the city.
“It’s his girlfriend or ex-girlfriend
,” said Clarisse Taron, public prosecutor of Fort-de-France.
“It's an investigation that will probably be complicated since we know that a woman died from a bullet that passed through her head and we know who the shooter is since he recognizes him, but tells her that “it’s an accident, it’s completely involuntary
,” said the same source.
A version which did not convince the investigating judge in charge of the case who considered
“that there were serious and consistent clues insofar as he shot in front of the victim who died”
, underlined Clarisse Taron.
Justice is relying on the testimony of a friend of the victim who was present in the apartment and called for help.
“She was murdered because she is a woman”
Local feminist associations reacted on Wednesday.
“A Valentine’s Day of horror
,” lamented the Martinique Women’s Union.
“She was murdered because she is a woman
,” protested Culture Egalité, another Martinican feminist association.
The alleged perpetrator went himself to the Fort-de-France police station late Wednesday afternoon, on the advice of his mother.
Known to the police and the courts, the young man was sentenced in 2023 to eight months in prison for carrying a category C weapon. This is the third murder committed in Martinique since the start of the year. , the first feminicide.