He notified the firefighters himself. In Nice, an 87-year-old man called for help to warn of the death of his wife, on the night of Wednesday September 27 to Thursday September 28, 2023. It was only then that he confessed to having killed him himself. According to him, he wanted to reduce the terrible suffering of his wife, who was suffering from cancer, explains the site News 17, Saturday September 30. He declared having strangled his wife with an electric cable. The octogenarianHe was immediately taken into custody. An investigation was opened and entrusted to the Nice police station. She will have to shed light on the conditions and circumstances of this new femicide. True proof of love to “save” her from illness or an act of madness? The investigation will tell. According to the site We alls, As of September 26, 2023, there had been 95 feminicides in France since the start of the year. A figure that continues to increase.
The suspect unknown to the police
The man was completely unknown to the police.. “He indicated that his partner was suffering from severe pain and that he had taken action to put an end to it,” the site still reports News17. Since January 2, 2023, the media Days lists the numerous feminicides taking place in France. By feminicide we mean the murders of women committed by a man. “‘Intimate feminicides’, committed by a partner or ex, represent more than a third of all murders of women worldwide, according to the WHO”, reports the media. According to the latter, “in France, 29% of all homicides occurring in the country between 2016 and 2021 were committed within the family and two thirds of the victims are women. The delegation to victims reported in August 2022 that 122 women were killed in such circumstances in 2021. There were 102 in 2020, 146 in 2019, 118 in 2018, 130 in 2017. A figure which is not decreasing despite the fight of different associations to include the term “Feminicide” in the law, in order to to better regulate these acts, and that they do not go unpunished.