By SudOuest.fr with AFP
In Meurthe-et-Moselle and Maine-et-Loire, two men suspected of having killed their spouse were taken into police custody
Two men suspected of having killed their spouse were placed in police custody on Saturday, in Meurthe-et-Moselle and in Maine-et-Loire, arousing the anger of feminist groups who denounce “two first feminicides of the year in 12 hours “.
In Maine-et-Loire, a 21-year-old soldier suspected of having stabbed his 27-year-old companion, a soldier from the Fontevraud camp, was taken into police custody, the prosecutor announced on Saturday evening. Republic of Saumur, Alexandra Verron.
The facts occurred in Chacé, delegated municipality of Bellevigne-les-Châteaux, near Saumur on Sunday around 5 am. The body of the young woman was found on the landing of a small building, in the common areas.
“A 21-year-old man killed his 27-year-old companion with several stab wounds,” Alexandra Verron said in a statement, specifying that the victim and the suspect were “both professional soldiers affected in two separate regiments ”.
“After heavy alcohol consumption, the respondent suddenly became aggressive and violent towards his brother and the victim,” said the prosecutor.
While his brother was warning the gendarmerie outside the home, the man violently took his wife out of the apartment and stabbed her several times on the landing, the statement continued.
He was arrested a few hundred meters from the scene and taken into custody for intentional homicide by a partner around 11 a.m.
Knife stuck in the chest
In Meurthe-et-Moselle, a man in his fifties admitted in custody having, following an argument, stabbed several times his 56-year-old companion found dead on Saturday morning in Labry, a village of 1,500 inhabitants.
They are neighbors who alerted the police to the occurrence of a violent argument within the couple. Upon arrival, the police found the victim’s body with a knife stuck in his chest. They also noted the presence in the apartment of a rope with a noose that the suspect wanted to use to end his life.
Employee at the town hall of Jarny, a neighboring town, the latter claimed to be “on sick leave for nervous breakdown”, according to the Nancy prosecutor’s office.
“An unbearable count”
According to a report from the Ministry of the Interior, 102 men killed their spouse or ex-spouse in 2020. The feminist collective against gender-based and sexual violence #NousToutes counts 113 feminicides in 2021.
“Emmanuel Macron, 2 feminicides in 12 hours. Restarting this count is unbearable, take action, ”the collective tweeted on Saturday.
Asked about Franceinfo, Marylie Breuil, member of #NousToutes, criticized a “huge gap between the measures put in place and the number of women victims of domestic violence”, counting 379 anti-reconciliation bracelets in September 2021 and more than 200,000 women victims of domestic violence.
“Violence against women does not end with the new year. What you have to understand is that feminicides are only the top of the iceberg and that there is a lot of psychological and physical violence that happens before killing this woman, ”she said. on France Info.
According to this feminist activist, “the number of feminicides every year is not weakening, and it is very serious”.