A 17-year-old teenager was arrested for murder in Spain, Sunday November 24, 2024. He is suspected of having, a few hours earlier, stabbed to death his 15-year-old ex-girlfriend in Orihuela Costa, in the southeast of the country. It was the victim's brother who alerted the emergency services, reports the local daily The Country .
The facts are said to have occurred around 8:30 p.m. in a residential area of Alicante. According to information from our colleagues, the two minors were having an affair which the teenager had decided to end a few days earlier. Not accepting the breakup, the suspect allegedly found the victim and hit her with a knife in the neck. The latter died at Torrevieja hospital where she was transferred in serious condition.
42 feminicides in 2024
An investigation into murder has been opened. It was entrusted to a specialized brigade of the Alicante command, which is currently favoring the theory of femicide. According to local media, the young man was not known to the police until then.
In Spain, 41 women have died at the hands of their partner or ex-partner since the start of the year. If the feminicide trail is confirmed, the murder of this 15-year-old girl would bring this disastrous figure to 42. Since the statistics were put in place, 1,287 femicides have been recorded across the Pyrenees.
