A 30-year-old was killed this Saturday morning in Meulan, in the Yvelines department. A spousal homicide investigation has been opened.
A woman in her thirties was killed in Meulan this Saturday morning, the Versailles prosecutor’s office said. According to the first elements of the investigation, the victim, born in 1994, was killed with a knife, said the prosecution.
His companion, aged 31, was arrested by the police. The man was not known for a history of domestic violence, according to the prosecution. The couple had a 4-month-old baby, according to the same source.
According to a police source, the police were called around 8:30 this morning and discovered in an apartment, a priori that of the couple, the victim, hit in the throat. The woman died shortly thereafter. While the man was arrested on the spot, an investigation for spousal homicide was opened and entrusted to the departmental security of Yvelines.
According to the latest figures available from the Ministry of the Interior, the number of feminicides increased by 20% in France in 2021 compared to the previous year, with 122 women killed under the blows of their spouse or ex-spouse.