The alleged perpetrator of the murder of an 18 year old high school girl in New Caledonia, whose body was discovered under branches on August 9, was indicted, said Monday the Noumea prosecutor's office.
"Common Will to commit suicide"
Since his arrest, the day of the discovery of the body at Mont-Dore on the outskirts of Nouméa, the young man is hospitalized after "being stabbed several times" in the sight of gendarmes. The latter had to make use of "an electric pulse gun" to control it.
The condition of the suspect, high school student in the same establishment as the victim, being considered incompatible with a police custody, he was "briefly heard and put under examination of the murderer by spouse or concubine" that August 14, said Monday Alexis Bouroz, public prosecutor. "He partially acknowledged the facts evoking a common desire to commit suicide," he also said in a statement.
The autopsy of the girl revealed "many wounds and fractures in the head as well as signs of strangulation". Her body had been discovered by a resident party cutting wood, below a road.
This is the second feminicide in New Caledonia since the beginning of the year, after the murder last March of Maureen, 29, who succumbed to the blows of his companion in Houailou, a village on the east coast.
Denounce the "silence of institutions"
A group of "Angry Women" is organizing a silent march on Thursday in front of the Congress, where the newly appointed local government president is due to deliver his policy speech. The group denounced "the deafening silence of the institutions in this situation of extreme gravity" and the lack of resources, while violence against women beat records in the South Pacific archipelago of 270,000 inhabitants. For example, there is only one emergency shelter open continuously.
Last April, after years of procrastination, an agreement was signed for the establishment of a system for the reception of victims in the hospital, but this structure will enable victims of violence to find one and the same person. social, legal and psychological help is still not operational because of lack of funds.
In 2018, 121 women were killed in France during domestic violence, one every three days, according to the Ministry of the Interior.