In Rouen on June 8, 2021, a woman died from stab wounds by her companion, who himself alerted the police.
On June 8, 2021 around 9:30 am, in Mont Saint-Aignan, near Rouen, a man himself called the police to say that he had just killed his wife. The emergency services dispatched to the scene could not do anything to save the 46-year-old victim. According to a judicial source cited by Paris Normandy, his face was unrecognizable from the violence suffered, swollen and lacerated, just like the rest of his body.
The 59-year-old man was waiting for police at his home. He was not known to the police and was immediately taken into police custody for intentional manslaughter. He allegedly explained that he murdered his wife after a heated argument. This feminicide is the 51st of the year, according to the Feminicide collective by Compagnon or Ex.
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