A man in his thirties was indicted and imprisoned this Sunday in Saint-Denis de La Réunion for intentional homicide and damaging the integrity of a corpse after the discovery of the dismembered body of a woman in the is from the island, we learned from the court.
Another man, aged around twenty, was placed in pre-trial detention after being indicted for altering a crime scene and concealment of a corpse. The body of the 29-year-old woman was discovered Thursday in Saint-Benoît (east of the island) but the facts date back to last weekend.
“Our island is still struck by shock, atrocity and ignominy”
In circumstances which were not specified by the prosecution, she went to the home of the main accused in a working-class district of Saint-Benoît. An argument then broke out and a man allegedly stabbed her fatally before dismembering her body in the bathtub.
On January 21, with the help of an alleged accomplice, he allegedly transported the body to a riverside area where human remains were discovered by passers-by on Thursday. The Stop intra-family violence collective reacted on Sunday by denouncing “a despicable crime! An act of nameless barbarity.” “Our island is still struck by shock, atrocity and ignominy,” he denounced.
According to authorities figures, Réunion is the fourth French department most violent against women. In 2023, an average of 17.3 law enforcement interventions for domestic violence were recorded each day. For domestic violence, the average is 10 complaints per day.