Metz: A woman seriously injured by her partner who shoots her in the middle of the street (Illustration) – C. Allain / 20 Minutes
A woman was seriously injured by her husband who shot her Thursday afternoon in the street in Metz, the man then attempted to commit suicide by shooting himself in the head, sources have learned concordant.
The Metz public prosecutor, Christian Mercuri, has planned to hold a press conference on Friday at 3 pm on this “attempted voluntary homicide by spouse committed on Thursday, June 3, 2021 in Metz”.
“Several shots” according to the mayor of Metz
“A man tried to assassinate his wife with whom he is in the process of divorce and litigation over children” on a boulevard in the Metz-Borny district, reported the mayor of Metz François Grosdidier.
“He attacked her with a firearm, fired several shots, with a small caliber weapon, and seriously injured her”, before “turning the weapon against him and shooting himself in the face. head, ”he continued.
Both were hospitalized. The vital prognosis of the mother, affected in the head and the thorax, “would not be engaged”, according to Lorraine republican, citing the Metz prosecutor’s office.
The events in front of one of the children
The facts took place at the beginning of the afternoon “in front of one of the children and in front of several passers-by, which created a certain trauma in the district”, added the mayor of Metz.
According to Lorraine republican, the couple are in the process of separation and have three children aged 8 to 14 and the woman had filed a first complaint for violence on the part of her husband seven years ago. According to France Bleu Lorraine Nord, the woman is 46 years old and the man 48 years old.
This attempted homicide by spouse comes a few days after another femicide in Moselle. A 23-year-old political refugee from Serbia killed his 22-year-old companion with several stab wounds in the middle of the street in Hayange.
According to the collective “Feminicides by companions or ex”, 48 feminicides have already been identified in 2021. In 2020, 90 feminicides were counted by the Ministry of the Interior, against 146 the previous year.