Europe 1 with AFP 6:51 p.m., January 9, 2022, modified at 6:51 p.m., January 9, 2022

Those present at this rally went from the victim's home to the promenade des Anglais by the sea where a balloon release took place in tribute to Lisa, a 45-year-old mother of four. , found dead strangled in the trunk of a car eight days earlier.

A white march gathered Sunday afternoon in Nice five hundred people, according to the prefecture, came to show their support for a mother killed by her ex-companion on January 1, one of the four feminicides since the start of the year in France.

Those present at this rally went from the victim's home, located in a popular area of ​​the city, to the promenade des Anglais by the sea where a balloon release took place in tribute to Lisa, a mother of a family of four children, aged 45, found dead strangled in the trunk of a car eight days earlier.

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Within the parade, many people wore a white T-shirt with the portrait of the victim, while others held up signs "She leaves him, he kills her" or "To love? To kill", observed on the spot a AFP photographer.

A judicial information for assassination was opened Monday by the public prosecutor's office of Nice, after the discovery of the body of this woman whom her ex-companion admitted to having strangled, had indicated the public prosecutor.

102 women killed in 2020 according to the Interior

On Saturday January 8, a man was taken into police custody, suspected of having killed his 29-year-old partner and their two-year-old daughter with several stab wounds in Aubervilliers (Seine-Saint-Denis), bringing the number to four. of homicides by spouse or ex-spouse in France since the beginning of 2022. On January 1, a 27-year-old woman was killed in Maine-et-Loire by her companion, while another, aged 56, in Meurthe-et-Moselle, knew the same fate in identical circumstances. According to the latest report from the Ministry of the Interior, 102 women were killed at the hands of their spouse or ex-spouse in 2020. They were 146 in 2019. The association "Feminicides by companions or ex" counts 113 feminicides in 2021 .

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.