“A despicable crime!
An act of nameless barbarity,” the Stop intra-family violence collective deplored on Sunday, denouncing the fact that Reunion Island “is still struck by shock, atrocity and ignominy.”
That same day, a man in his thirties was indicted and imprisoned in Saint-Denis de la Réunion for intentional homicide and damaging the integrity of a corpse after the discovery of the dismembered body of a woman. in the east of the island, we learned from the court.
Another man, aged around twenty, was placed in pre-trial detention after being indicted for altering a crime scene and concealment of a corpse.
Human remains discovered by passers-by
The body of their alleged victim, a 29-year-old woman, was discovered Thursday in Saint-Benoît (east of the island) but the facts date back to last weekend.
In circumstances which were not specified by the prosecution, she went to the home of the main accused in a working-class district of Saint-Benoît.
An argument then broke out and a man allegedly stabbed her fatally before dismembering her body in the bathtub.
On January 21, with the help of an alleged accomplice, he transported the body to a riverside area where human remains were discovered by passers-by on Thursday.
According to authorities' figures, Réunion is the fourth most violent French department against women. In 2023, an average of 17.3 interventions by law enforcement for domestic violence were recorded each day.
For domestic violence, the average is 10 complaints per day.