Europe 1 with AFP 6:59 p.m., January 8, 2022, modified at 6:59 p.m., January 8, 2022

At around 2:10 a.m. on Saturday, emergency services intervened in an apartment in downtown Aubervilliers where there were two lifeless bodies, that of a 29-year-old mother and her two-and-a-half-year-old daughter, said Éric Mathais, prosecutor. de Bobigny on Saturday evening. The respondent's 20-year-old sister was also stabbed.

A 29-year-old man was taken into police custody on Saturday on suspicion of having stabbed his wife and their two-year-old daughter several times in Aubervilliers, where his sister broke out of windows to escape him, he learned. AFP from police sources and from the Bobigny prosecutor's office.

At around 2:10 a.m. on Saturday, the emergency services intervened in an apartment in the city center of Aubervilliers where there were two lifeless bodies, that of a 29-year-old mother and her two-and-a-half-year-old daughter, said Éric Mathais, prosecutor. de Bobigny in a press release on Saturday evening.

The suspect fled by car

The respondent's 20-year-old sister was also stabbed and jumped out of the window of the apartment, located on the second floor of the apartment building, to escape her brother.

"The latter was operated. Her prognosis no longer appears to be in jeopardy," said the prosecutor.

In addition to the "family context", the circumstances of the tragedy are still unclear for the time being, the prosecution told AFP in the morning.

A knife was found under the body of one of the victims.

The suspect fled by car shortly after the incident, before crashing into a wall.

Having suffered fractures to his hand, to both ankles and a pneumo-thorax, he remained hospitalized on Saturday evening, according to the press release.

No complaint "for acts of domestic violence"

The man had already been convicted several times by the courts over the past ten years. But "as it stands, no complaints have been found against him for acts of domestic violence," said the prosecution. The investigation opened for homicides against spouse and by ascendant and for attempted homicide was entrusted to the judicial police service of the department. According to the latest report from the Ministry of the Interior, 102 women died under the blows of their spouse or ex-spouse in 2020. They were 146 in 2019.

If you are a witness or victim of domestic, gender-based or sexual violence, you can contact 3919 (free call from a landline or mobile) open 7 days a week, 24 hours a day.

The call is anonymous and does not appear on phone bills.


You can also report this violence online on the public service website, which also offers a search engine to find a nearby police station or gendarmerie, which has an obligation to take your complaint.