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He would have gone after his victim. A 31-year-old woman, mother of three, died after being burned alive by her companion late Tuesday afternoon in Mérignac (Gironde) in the suburbs of Bordeaux, a source learned on Wednesday. policewoman. His companion, aged 44, was arrested after the fact.
Shortly before 6.30 p.m., avenue Carnot in a residential area of the city, the man allegedly set fire to the pavilion where the couple lived, taking his partner out, and shot her several times in the legs. She collapsed in the middle of the street. He then doused her with gasoline, while she was alive and set her on fire.
Three children in care
The suspect who tried to flee, was heavily armed according to South West. The three children of the deceased, aged 3, 7 and 11, were taken care of and surrounded by a psychological unit.
In 2020, 90 feminicides were officially recorded in France, against 146 the previous year.