After receiving several stab wounds allegedly assassinated by her ex-partner, a 55-year-old woman died on Saturday evening
in Saint-Joseph, in the south of the island of Reunion, announced a judicial source, this Sunday.
The facts took place at the victim’s home. The alleged perpetrator attempted to end his life. He was “evacuated to a hospital to undergo surgery, his prognosis being engaged,” prosecutor Caroline Calbo said in a statement on Sunday.
Several handrails
An investigation was opened for “facts of murder on a spouse”, specifies the prosecution. According to relatives of the victim, the fifty-year-old, mother of three, had felt threatened since the couple separated a short time ago. She would have also deposited handrails with the gendarmerie, indicate the same sources.
In March, an 85-year-old man stabbed his 78-year-old wife and their home help, a 57-year-old woman, to death in Reunion Island. According to figures from the judicial authorities, Reunion is the third department in France with the most violence against women. In 2020, seven complaints were filed daily for domestic violence. In 14 years, 51 women have been victims of femicide on the island. 38% of them had reported their attacker to justice.