Feminicide: a woman killed by her companion in Epinay-sur-Seine

The victim was stabbed by his companion, who had just released prison after serving a sentence for violence.

Le Monde with AFP

She is the 104 e Victim of Feminicide , according to the Feminist associations . A 44-year-old woman was killed with knife, Friday, November 26, at the foot of her building in Epinay-sur-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis, by her companion, which had just released a prison after serving a sentence for violence.

The victim came home around 19:45 when she crossed her companion, who told her several knife, wrote the floor in a statement, confirming point information. The police attempted a cardiac massage before the arrival of the firefighters, who noticed death at 8:33 pm, “said Bobigny’s prosecutor in a statement. “A knife that was likely served in the crime was found in a nearby bush”, according to the same source.

Nobody was notified of the husband’s prison release

The author of the facts, aged 51, had been sentenced on July 25 to one year in prison, of which six months closes, for violence committed on his companion on June 7, threats that were uttered. Since July, this woman had a serious danger (TGD) phone. But Friday the device was found at home.

This portable device has a pre-programmed “shortcut” key, allowing the victim to serious danger of attaching a remote assistance service, accessible twenty-four hours a day. The latter is responsible for quick to solicit the intervention of the police by a specific channel.

The victim had triggered his TGD on October 5th, while the man was down from her home. “According to a police report, he had not come into contact with her and had left the scene” before the arrival of the police, said the floor.

Part of the suspension of the fifteen war had been revoked, and he returned to prison. He had finally been released on November 17th. According to France Info ,” Nobody is notified [of his exit from prison], not even the police. The Union Alliance National Police speaks of “fault in the system” “. The author of the facts went the same evening at the police station and was placed in custody, said Bobigny’s flooring.

The two girls of the couple, aged 5 and 14, did not attend the scene; They were taken care of by the female protocol set up in Seine-Saint-Denis. This protocol first provides for psychological support at the hospital for a few days before their investment.

On 20 November, demonstrations against violence against women had been organized everywhere in France, upstream of the International Day to Combat Violence against Women, November 25th.

/Media reports.