Nearly 400 people, according to the police, marched through the streets of Metz on Saturday in support of a woman seriously injured Thursday by her spouse who then tried to commit suicide.
The white march silently walked through the working-class district of Borny where the drama took place, behind banners proclaiming "Support for Sevgi (the victim's first name, editor's note) Stop feminicides and violence against women" or " Never again ".
“It's a traumatic shock,” said LR mayor of Metz, François Grosdidier, present in the procession. "Justice must be more responsive when it comes to protecting," he added. "Everyone is in their corridor, the police, the judiciary, the town hall, social landlords ... Information does not circulate enough when it comes to protecting", insisted François Grosdidier, while this drama is part of a series recent feminicides in the Grand-Est region, relaunching the debate on the monitoring of perpetrators of domestic violence.
The suspect, 48 years old, tried to kill his companion on Thursday afternoon in the middle of the street, seriously injuring her, before shooting himself in the head after an "outburst of violence", according to the prosecution.
He is now brain dead.
He was sentenced in 2014 to two months suspended prison sentence for "violence by spouse".
And last August, his victim had filed a complaint for insults, a complaint dismissed by the prosecution.
Until recently, on May 19 and 28, she again reported to the police to report that he had cursed her, spat on her and followed her in the car, according to the prosecution.
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Thursday's attempted feminicide in Metz marked by an "outburst of violence", indicates the prosecutor
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