A 54-year-old man admitted to having killed his wife with several stab wounds on the night of Friday to Saturday at their home in Rueil-Malmaison (Hauts-de-Seine).
It was the couple's daughter, 18, who alerted the emergency services after receiving a message on Saturday morning from her father telling her that she had killed her mother, the Nanterre parquet floor told AFP. confirming information from the Parisian.
The suspect holed up at home
Once there, the police found themselves facing a man entrenched in his home. He was finally arrested after several hours of negotiation and placed in police custody where he immediately recognized the facts. The investigation was entrusted to the Hauts-de-Seine judicial police.
The lifeless body of his wife was discovered by the emergency services inside the apartment. Initial findings indicate that she was stabbed several times
The case brings to at least 34 the number of alleged femicides since the beginning of the year, according to an AFP count. In 2019, AFP recorded at least 126 cases of women killed by their partner or ex, i.e. a woman every three days on average.
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