An 18-year-old young woman was stabbed to the throat on the night of Saturday to Sunday in Carrières-sur-Seine (Yvelines) and her spouse was taken into custody, as well as a friend, learned AFP from concordant sources, confirming information from the Parisian. The victim’s current boyfriend, 20, and a 21-year-old friend, present in the apartment, were arrested and placed in police custody, said the Versailles prosecutor’s office, requested by AFP , and police sources.
According to the first elements of the investigation, it would be a feminicide – or homicide by spouse – the author of the fatal stabbing being supposedly the boyfriend of the victim, specified a source close to the investigation. . The young woman died after being stabbed in the carotid artery, according to several sources.
The lifeless body of the young woman, discovered in the kitchen
According to a police source, a neighbor called the police around 3 a.m., indicating “heard noises of argument and muffled cries in the apartment above”. On the spot, a man let the police enter. He told them he had “done a stupid thing”. The lifeless body of the young woman was discovered in the kitchen, where a large quantity of blood had spread. A bloody kitchen knife was found.
The investigation for homicide, supposedly by spouse, was entrusted to the Sartrouville police station. The couple is unknown to the justice services, in particular for domestic violence. 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”, which lists them for its part, counted 113 feminicides in 2021 .