AFP reported on Saturday, September 7, that a man killed his partner and their two children in Mormant, in Seine-et-Marne, according to sources close to the case. The man was arrested early this morning.
A man, whose profile is currently unknown, stabbed his partner and her 1- and 5-year-old children, AFP reported on Saturday, September 7. The triple murder took place in Mormant, in Seine-et-Marne, and the man would have indicated that he “killed his family”, according to a source close to the case quoted by AFP.
The man was arrested around 6 a.m. by an off-duty police officer when he had just attacked another man in the street, the same source said. “He was violent and aggressive with the passers-by. He was controlled, and the passers-by alerted the gendarmerie,” explains Marie-Denise Pichonnier, deputy prosecutor of Melun. with Parisian.
The Paris Research Section was in charge of the investigation, along with the Melun Research Brigade. A knife was seized in the apartment, but it cannot yet be confirmed that it was the murder weapon. indicates the daily Ile-de-France.
“He spontaneously admitted the facts,” says Melun's deputy prosecutor
According to initial information, the path of femicide and double infanticide is highly favored. According to the deputy prosecutor in Melun, “he was placed in police custody and spontaneously admitted the facts.” We also learn from the Parisian that he was taken to a hospital for a psychiatric check-up. According to the newspaper, the man has a psychiatric history.
The senator of Seine-et-Marne, Aymeric Durox, reacted on his account X In 2023, more than 60 children were killed by their parents, according to La Voix de l'Enfant, an association that makes a count based on the cases. reported in the media. A report submitted to the government in 2019 estimated that one child was killed every five days.
On average, a femicide occurs every three days in France. According to the Ministry of Justice, in 2023 there were 94 femicides, compared to 118 in 2022. According to the collective number Femicide, It appears that 69 women have been killed by their husband, partner or ex-husband since January 1, 2024.