He was arrested after a “manhunt”. A man was arrested on Sunday in Paris after the discovery of the body of his 17-year-old ex-girlfriend in an apartment in Rouen (Seine-Maritime), we learned from several police sources and the Rouen prosecutor’s office, confirming France 3 Normandy.
The young woman was found dead in her apartment in the Hauts district of Rouen, said the Rouen public prosecutor. She was killed by several stab wounds. The police were alerted by a relative of the victim, who discovered the body, according to France Bleu Normandie.
“Immediately, strong suspicion fell on her ex-boyfriend, who was on the run,” said Sébastien Gallois. A “manhunt” was then launched by the police to try to find him, according to the prosecutor. The suspect was finally arrested less than two hours later at Saint-Lazare station in Paris. Born in 2002, he is already known to the police for acts of domestic violence, according to France 3.
An investigation was opened for assassination and entrusted to the Rouen judicial police.
According to official figures, which only concern marital feminicides, 833 femicides were committed between 2017 and 2023. No official data is yet available for the current year. On average, a feminicide occurs every three days in France.
