Two teams of police and fire divers found the woman's body on the bow of a barge in Louveciennes.
A woman was strangled to death by her ex-partner then thrown into the Seine in Louveciennes (Yvelines) on the night of Saturday November 2 to Sunday November 3, AFP learned from a police source.
According to this source, a man called the police emergency line to report having been contacted by one of his friends who told him he had made a “stupidity” by killing his former partner.
Man arrested drunk
According to the applicant, the suspect hit the woman after an argument, then strangled her and threw her into the Seine.
The police went to the address indicated, a barge, and arrested a man in his fifties who was intoxicated. His vehicle was parked in front of the pier.
Two teams of police and fire divers found the woman's body on the bow of the boat.
A feminicide every three days in France
Contacted by AFP, the Versailles prosecutor's office did not immediately communicate.
On average, a feminicide occurs every three days in France. The Ministry of Justice counted 94 femicides in 2023, compared to 118 in 2022.
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