107 women killed by intimate partners in France during 2024
France recorded 107 intimate partner femicides in 2024, reflecting ongoing challenges in violence prevention.
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France Intimate Partner Violence
A 32-year-old man with psychiatric disorders killed his 30-year-old ex-partner in Houlbec-Cocherel, Eure, and subsequently committed suicide. The victim had survived a previous murder attempt by the same man in 2022. Despite being declared criminally irresponsible and hospitalized in 2023, he maintained unauthorized contact with the victim. French statistics show 107 women were killed by intimate partners in 2024, up from 96 in 2023.
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2026-08-15 to 2026-11-12 · UTC publication dates
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32-year-old man kills ex-partner with knife in Eure, then commits suicide
A 32-year-old man with psychiatric disorders killed his 30-year-old ex-partner, mother of two children, in Houlbec-Cocherel, Eure, using a knife. The woman was found in a room with multiple stab wounds. The man was discovered dead the same morning after jumping from a cliff at Château Gaillard in Les Andelys, Eure.
107 women killed by current or former partners in France in 2024
According to data from the Interministerial Mission for the Protection of Women (Miprof), 107 women were killed by their current or former partners in France in 2024, compared to 96 in 2023.
Man declared criminally irresponsible in 2023 for attempted murder
In September 2023, the court of appeals in Rouen declared the man criminally irresponsible for the 2022 attempted murder after he admitted to the facts. He was then hospitalized in an establishment in Évreux. In January 2024, he was transferred to a hospital in Mantes-la-Jolie to facilitate contact with his family.
Man attempted to murder same woman with knife in 2022
In 2022, the same man stabbed his then-partner multiple times in Ivry-la-Bataille, Eure. The woman escaped by jumping out a window and taking refuge with a neighbor. The man then attempted suicide by stabbing himself in the chest.
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