Five domestic violence murders in as many days throws government measures into the spotlight
Monday, September 1, 2014 @ 1:38 PM
NINE women and one man have died in domestic violence cases this month alone and 41 have lost their lives so far this year, chilling statistics reveal.
During the third quarter of 2013, police were receiving an average of 367 reports a year of abuse within relationships or by former partners.
Just this month, a woman of 49 survived being stabbed by her husband in Barcelona, as did a 32-year-old from Catadau (Valencia province), whilst a woman aged 38 was shot dead by her ex-boyfriend in Pontevedra in the north-western region of Galicia.
A 90-year-old man stabbed his wife, 87, in El Campello (Alicante province) and then killed himself by slitting his wrists, and a woman of 32 has become a living miracle after surviving two gunshots in the head from her boyfriend in Lugo, Galicia.
The most recent victim is a 45-year-old woman from L'Hospitalet de Llobregat (Barcelona province) stabbed by her husband, 48, said to be an alcoholic, who immediately shot himself dead afterwards.
Just the day before, a woman aged 48 was fatally stabbed in the chest by her 70-year-old partner in their Barcelona flat.
Only a very small minority of victims are men and a tiny percentage of attackers are women, meaning Spain continues to treat domestic violence as a gender issue and refers to it as 'sexist aggression'.
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