Overview
- Following Wednesday’s fatal stabbing of a 14-year-old in Fère-en-Tardenois, prosecutors opened an assassination inquiry and police arrested a 23-year-old after a large manhunt with GIGN support.
- In Sarreguemines, a couple found dead Tuesday prompted a “murder of a spouse” probe as the wife’s multiple knife wounds, a bloodied knife nearby, and a flat locked from inside led investigators to suspect a feminicide.
- In Besançon, a 36-year-old woman was found dead at home and her 50-year-old companion was detained, though the prosecutor reports few elements pointing to a feminicide and awaits autopsy and toxicology results.
- In Pierre-en-Bresse on May 1, investigators say a 65-year-old forced entry, shot his 64-year-old ex-partner as her son witnessed the attack, and then apparently killed himself, and a judge opened a premeditated murder case.
- Across these cases, prosecutors ordered autopsies and forensic work and deployed psychological support at the affected school, reflecting standard French practice as watchdogs note 107 women killed by partners in 2024.