A man kills his 13-year-old daughter in Bilbao and then commits suicide.
Police found the bodies after the injured mother reported an incident of violence at the family home.
BarcelonaA 43-year-old man killed his 13-year-old daughter in Bilbao on Friday and then committed suicide. has reported the Ertzaintza, took place shortly after 5:00 a.m. at the family home, after the man's partner and the girl's mother, who was injured, fled the apartment in fear due to an incident of domestic violence. The teenager's mother explained the situation to the officers and gave them the keys to the apartment. At 9:30 a.m., the judicial delegation removed the bodies of the father and daughter from the apartment. "Everything points to this being a case of vicarious violence, which is the most terrible expression of domestic violence," stated the Lehendakari, Imanol Pradales, in statements at an event in Vitoria, where he learned of the situation. family.
Both the PNV (Basque Nationalist Party), EH Bildu (Bildu Party), and the PSE (Spanish Socialist Workers' Party) have condemned the crime and have united against gender-based violence. In turn, the Spanish government delegate in the Basque Country, Marisol Garmendia, expressed her "consternation and horror" on social media at the "unacceptable" events. "We must all unite to combat this scourge, unworthy of a just and egalitarian society," she said. Bilbao City Council has called for a silent demonstration this afternoon "to condemn and denounce" the murder of the minor.
