A 51-year-old woman was killed Monday in the parking lot of her workplace in Vaucluse by her companion with whom she was probably in the process of separation.
A 51-year-old woman was stabbed to death on Monday in the parking lot of her workplace in Cavaillon (Vaucluse) by her companion with whom she was probably in the process of separating, we learned on Tuesday from the prosecutor’s office. Avignon. She was about to leave for her lunch break when her 61-year-old companion stabbed her with around twenty stab wounds, some of which were in lethal areas, according to initial findings.
The facts occurred in front of at least two witnesses who tried in vain to intervene, in front of the premises of this silicone manufacturer for which she worked, detailed to AFP Florence Galtier, public prosecutor of Avignon.
This femicide “in broad daylight at the victim’s workplace had a considerable impact” locally where a crisis unit was activated, she reported, confirming information from the local press.
Man arrested at home after fleeing
The man, who then fled, was arrested at his home by the gendarmes in the neighboring town of Isle-sur-la-Sorgue where he allegedly tried to end his life but his weapon jammed , according to the prosecutor.
He had no criminal record and the authorities found no trace of a report for domestic violence, according to the prosecution. Tuesday he was still in police custody in the premises of the Cavaillon police station, in charge of the investigation. The victim was the mother of two adult sons from a previous union.
According to the latest figures from the Ministry of the Interior, 146 women were victims of feminicides in 2019 and 102 in 2020. The collective “Femicides by companions or ex” counted 113 feminicides in 2021. In total, in France, more than 200,000 women are victims of violence each year, according to the ministry.