A man has been arrested for killing his partner in Hospitalet de Llobregat.

BarcelonaThe Mossos d'Esquadra (Catalan police) have arrested a 46-year-old man as the suspected perpetrator of the murder of his partner in Hospitalet de Llobregat, according to the Catalan police. The alleged gender-based crime occurred early this morning in the apartment where they both lived, specifically on Santa Eulàlia Street, as reported by the police. The Newspaper

At approximately 6:30 a.m., the Mossos d'Esquadra (Catalan police) were alerted to a fight inside a home. Officers from both the police force and the Medical Emergency System (SEM) were dispatched to the scene. Upon arrival, they found the woman's body, lifeless and bearing signs of violence. The man, the victim's partner, was arrested near the scene, according to a statement from the Mossos d'Esquadra.

Agents from the Criminal Investigation Division of the South Metropolitan Police Region have taken charge of the case, which is now being investigated as another instance of gender-based violence. This is the seventh femicide in Catalonia so far this year, with six women murdered and one related femicide – when a woman's child is killed. Since official data collection began in 2012, 145 women and 10 children and young people have died in Catalonia in cases of gender-based violence.

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