A mother and her 16-year-old daughter were shot dead by the latter's companion on Sunday in the suburbs of Nouméa, New Caledonia.
The alleged perpetrator would have surrendered to the gendarmes, he did not wish to give details of the reason for his action.
A 40-year-old woman and her 16-year-old daughter were shot dead on Sunday in the suburbs of Noumea, New Caledonia, by the companion of the teenager who surrendered to the gendarmes, local press reported on Monday.
"The alleged perpetrator has been arrested and is in the process of being heard," said the duty prosecutor at the Nouméa public prosecutor's office, who confirmed "the double homicide" but did not wish to give details.
Both women succumbed to gunfire
After arguments on Sunday between the 16-year-old teenager and her 19-year-old friend, who had recently had a baby, the young man allegedly shot at point blank range at his partner and then at the mother of her aged 40 years old, reported the
New Caledonians
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Despite a rapid intervention of the emergency services on the spot, in Vallon-Dore, a district by the sea of Mont-Dore in the suburb of Nouméa, the two women succumbed to the shootings.
Domestic violence reaches record figures in New Caledonia
The alleged author himself went to the gendarmerie on Sunday evening, the same source said.
Domestic violence reached record figures in New Caledonia, where it constitutes 3.8 incidents per 1,000 inhabitants, against 1.6 in mainland France.