A man murders his ex-partner at the clinic where she worked, in Benicàssim.

Valencia / BarcelonaThe Civil Guard arrested a 70-year-old man on Monday as the suspected perpetrator of a knife attack on his ex-partner, a nurse at the Benicàssim health center, who died as a result of the attack. The 64-year-old victim was taken by ambulance in critical condition to the General Hospital of Castellón, but nothing could be done to save her life. The incident occurred around 12:30 p.m. at the health center where the woman worked, and she suffered multiple stab wounds. The Civil Guard indicated that neither the victim nor the suspected perpetrator were registered in the comprehensive monitoring system for cases of gender violence (VioGén). The health center where the murder took place remains closed, and a team of mental health professionals from the General Hospital of Castellón has been deployed there to provide support to the staff. 1,349 if counted since official statistics began in 2003. On Sunday, the Civil Guard arrested a man for allegedly seriously injuring his ex-partner, against whom he had a restraining order, as well as the victim's mother and sister. A study on gender-based violence against women over 60, conducted by the Catalan Women's Institute, concludes that assaults against this group are largely invisible, as specialized resources, which focus more on younger victims, neither detect nor address them. The normalization of violence, fear, and social and structural barriers explain the low number of reports. According to the same report, 45% of older women identified having suffered gender-based violence at some point in their lives, and of these, 15% at the hands of ex-partners and another 10% at the hands of their current partner.