A new feminicide in France.
A 64-year-old woman was stabbed to death this Friday by her 69-year-old husband in Sanary-sur-Mer (Var), Le Parisien learned from a police source, confirming information from BFMTV.
The events took place around 4:30 p.m., avenue du Stade, at the couple’s home.
The suspect, a 69-year-old man, fatally stabbed his wife in the chest.
The emergency services were only able to note the victim's death when they arrived on the scene.
The husband taken into custody
The suspect quickly confessed to the police.
He was arrested and taken into police custody.
Toulon public prosecutor Samuel Finielz went to the site late in the afternoon.
According to figures from the Minister of the Interior, who published the report last September on “violent deaths within couples”, 118 women were victims of femicide in 2022. This is four fewer than in 2021 but 16 more than in 2020, a year when a very clear drop in deaths was observed.