A man kills his wife in front of at least one of his children in Barcelona

BarcelonaNew feminicide in Catalonia. A man killed his partner, aged between 30 and 40, this Wednesday afternoon on Andrade street in Barcelona, in the Sant Martí district of the Catalan capital. He did so in front of at least one of their two children, both under 10 years old, as the ARA has learned. Sources consulted by this newspaper explained that the man used a bladed weapon to commit the crime and then took his car and fled. To try to prevent them from following his trail, the man would have burned the vehicle without yet leaving Barcelona and is now continuing his escape on foot, the same sources report.

The Mossos d'Esquadra received a notice shortly before eight in the evening alerting them to an assault in a home. Several patrols went to the scene, where they found a woman seriously injured. The medical emergency system performed resuscitation maneuvers, but could do nothing to save her life. Now the Criminal Investigation Division has taken charge of the case to clarify the circumstances of the events and locate the alleged perpetrator, who is missing after stabbing his partner. If this case were confirmed as a misogynistic murder, it would be the 32nd woman to be fatally a victim of gender violence this year, 1,373 since 2003.