A new consummated homicide of gender violence adds to the long list so far this year. On this occasion at number 66 Calle Sant Iscle in Barcelona, in the Nou Barris district, where a 34-year-old man has stabbed his 29-year-old partner to death. The same author would have later called 112.
The events occurred early this Sunday morning, around half past one, when the police received notice of the events. Upon the arrival of the Mossos d'Esquadra and the Barcelona Urban Guard patrols, the victim still had a pulse but ultimately SEM was unable to stabilize her and she died.
As a result of the first efforts at the scene, the Mossos have arrested the man as the alleged perpetrator of the young woman's death. The Criminal Investigation Division of Barcelona has taken over the investigative proceedings.
The Barcelona City Council has called a minute of silence for tomorrow Monday at 12:00 noon in Plaça Sant Jaume, in order to condemn the events. The consistory has activated the protocol established with institutions and entities to work in coordination and publicly condemn the events to raise public awareness, it reports in a statement.
With this, there are now 31 women who have been murdered by their partners or ex-partners so far this year, four more than in the same period of 2022, according to data from the statistical portal of the Ministry of Equality.
Summer vacations are a critical period for victims of abuse because the risk of dying increases by living with their aggressor for longer, according to specialists in sexist violence.
The Ministry of Equality recalls that 1,214 women have been murdered by their abusers since 2003, the last one, at the moment, is a 26-year-old woman allegedly murdered by her ex-partner on July 27, without minor children and without previous complaints of violence against women. gender against the alleged aggressor.
Eight of the 30 murders have occurred in Andalusia, six in Catalonia, two in the Valencian Community, the Canary Islands, Galicia, Madrid, Castilla y León and the Basque Country. One in Aragon, another in Castilla La Mancha, as well as in La Rioja and Navarra.
The historical series of murders of women shows that in 2021, 31 women had already lost their lives as of July 28, one more than so far this year. In 2019, the figure was 39, eight more than now.
In 2003, when the sexist murders began to be counted, 45 femicides were registered in the first seven months of the year, the highest number up to now, together with the year 2007.
The highest number of women killed by their partners or ex-partners in a year occurred in 2008 with 76 deaths. The second highest figure corresponds to the year 2010, with 73 femicides
