Caen, France: A young French woman was killed after being stabbed 14 times by her male partner in front of their three children, prosecutors in northern France said, amid a growing campaign to halt the deaths of women at the hands of their male companions.
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The man, 37, killed his 27-year-old partner during a dispute in the northern port city of Le Havre on Monday as they were in the process of separation, prosecutors said in a statement late Tuesday. Their children, aged six, four and two, looked on.
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“The accused confessed to what happened and said he acted out of fear that the victim would prevent him from seeing his children,” the statement said.
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The mother died instantly and the man was arrested shortly afterward. Police sources said the stabbing happened in front of a supermarket.
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The accused has been placed in a detention and will appear before a judge who will decide on the charges.
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Police had already intervened at the couple’s home a week earlier, when the woman said she had fled through a window after being threatened by her partner with a knife.
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He was detained at the time but it was decided there was insufficient basis for further action.
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According to government statistics, a total of 121 women were killed by their partner or former partner in France last year, equating to one death every three days.
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The government of President Emmanuel Macron has embarked on a major consultation on domestic violence in order to stop gender-based murder and violence against women.
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The problem has become all the more pressing following a new spate of such killings already this year.
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According to French associations battling violence against women such as NousToutes and Fondation des Femmes, 106 women have mow been killed in such crimes so far in 2019.
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