A 29-year-old woman was killed Monday evening at her home in front of her child in Aulnay-sous-Bois, near Paris and the father, who had fled, was arrested a few hours later, we learned Tuesday from police sources and the prosecution.
Shortly after 8 p.m., municipal police officers arrived on the scene, emergency services having been called by neighbors, according to police sources. The woman had also contacted the police “for ongoing domestic violence,” announced the Bobigny prosecutor’s office.
When they arrived at the scene, “his companion was absent, the victim’s son, aged 5, was present,” said the prosecution. The child told the police that his father had fatally injured his mother with a candlestick, in the thigh and the head, according to information provided by a police source. Despite the efforts of the Samu, the victim was declared dead around 9 p.m.
The suspect, filmed by the residence’s surveillance cameras, was arrested a few hours later as he returned home, according to the same police source. Aged 24, he “was taken into police custody overnight and must be heard during the day,” said the prosecution.
The investigation opened into the charge of domestic homicide was entrusted to the Seine-Saint-Denis judicial police. “With regard to the child, the femicide protocol was activated, involving the minor being taken into hospital care for three days in order to assess the situation and decide on the follow-up,” the public prosecutor said.
In 2023, 96 women were victims of marital femicide in France, a figure down 19% compared to 2022, according to the latest report from the Ministry of the Interior published on November 25, the international day to combat violence against women. women.
In 2023, there were 124 children who lost their mothers to femicide. Among them, 22 were present and two discovered the body. In 2022, there were 148, including 38 witnesses, identified the collective feminicides by companion or ex.
