A man and a woman were found dead Sunday evening, shot dead, at their home in Merck-Saint-Liévin, Pas-de-Calais, and a preliminary investigation for "homicide by spouse" was opened , AFP learned Monday from concordant sources.
Sunday, around 23 hours, "the firefighters intervened in Merck-Saint-Liévin for two people died by firearm at their home, a man of 29 years and a woman of 28 years," said firefighters.
121 women killed in domestic violence in 2018
According to the first elements of the investigation, entrusted to the research brigade of the Gendarmerie company of Saint-Omer, "the man would have shot at his companion before killing herself", indicated the parquet floor of Saint-Omer . "Everything goes in this direction: the circumstances of the discovery, the first elements, the context of tension in the couple," he added. In 2018, 121 women were killed in domestic violence.