A man stabs his ex-partner to death in the street in Figueres

FiguerasThe Mossos d'Esquadra and the Guardia Urbana have arrested a 48-year-old man for stabbing his ex-partner to death in the middle of the street in Figueres. The events occurred around quarter to three in the afternoon in Plaça Tarradellas, when the man attacked the victim with a bladed weapon. Emergency services received the alert and rushed to the scene, but SEM personnel could do nothing to save the life of the 33-year-old woman, who was seriously injured. According to initial reports, the arrested man had a restraining order against his ex-partner and had already been arrested twice in recent days for violating it and intimidating the victim. After the two arrests, the man, who police sources confirm to el ARA had a criminal record, had been released at the judge's request.

Early in the afternoon, the alleged aggressor attacked the woman with a large knife in broad daylight, in a fairly central tree-lined square, in front of several neighbors who were around the street. Some recorded the moments after the tragedy on their mobile phones. According to witnesses present at the scene, after leaving her mortally wounded on the ground, the man did not try to help her, nor did he flee running. He walked patiently to the square's fountain to wash his bloody hands and arms. Then several people confronted him and tried to subdue him, until security forces arrived and handcuffed him on the ground in the same square.

The judicial delegation, led by the presiding judge of the Figueres court, traveled to the crime scene, which was cordoned off all afternoon, to carry out the body identification. The mayor, Jordi Masquef, was also present. The Criminal Investigation Division (DIC) of the Mossos in Girona has taken charge of the investigation, and forensic police are working to collect samples and possible evidence at the crime scene. The case, under judicial secrecy, is being investigated as a presumed femicide and would be the third in Catalonia this year. The Figueres City Council will convene a minute of silence on Wednesday to condemn the events.