She died in front of her family. A woman in her forties was killed with a knife Thursday night in Montaigu-Vendée. Her husband was arrested and an investigation for murder was opened, we learned Friday from a source close to the investigation.
The suspect, with whom the victim was in the process of separating, denounced himself to the emergency services after the attack and was arrested by the gendarmes of Vendée at his place of residence. He was known for domestic harassment and violence.
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The couple's eight-year-old daughter and the victim's parents in their sixties were present at the time of the assault.
The number of femicides increased by 20% in France in 2021 compared to the previous year, with 122 women killed by their spouse or ex-spouse, according to the latest available figures from the Ministry of the Interior.
Of the women killed by their spouses, 35% were victims of previous violence by their partner. Every summer, there is an increase in femicides. A situation favored, among other things, by the isolation of victims and a slowing down activity of associations.
"This increase in violence is observed every year: summer is a period comparable to the end-of-year celebrations," said in our columns last summer the collective "Feminicides by companion or ex".
