In the Somme department of France, another murder of a woman, which police are classifying as an intimate partner homicide, has occurred. A 28-year-old woman died from a gunshot wound. Her 31-year-old partner has been detained and is in police custody (garde à vue). The incident took place in the town of Ailly-sur-Noye. This is the third such case revealed in a week in France.
Shooting of a 28-year-old woman
The body of a 28-year-old woman with a gunshot wound was found in the town of Ailly-sur-Noye in Picardy. It has been preliminarily deemed an intimate partner homicide.
31-year-old partner in custody
The suspect is the 31-year-old partner of the victim. He has been detained and is subject to police custody. The prosecutor's office has launched an investigation.
Series of murders within a week
This is the third high-profile case of a woman killed by her partner in France in recent days, following incidents in Les Lilas and Seine-et-Marne.
Prosecutor's office investigating circumstances
Investigators from the Amiens prosecutor's office are examining the exact circumstances of the crime. The motive and details of the event have not been made public.
French authorities are investigating another case of a woman's murder, preliminarily classified as murder by a partner. The victim is a 28-year-old woman whose body was found with a gunshot wound in the town of Ailly-sur-Noye in the Somme department. Her 31-year-old partner has been detained and is in police custody (garde à vue) on the orders of the Amiens prosecutor's office. Investigators have not publicly disclosed details regarding the motive, weapon, or exact course of events. The issue of women killed by their partners (so-called féminicides) became one of the key topics of public debate in France after a series of high-profile cases at the end of the second decade of the 21st century. In response, the government announced a "great national fight" against domestic violence in 2019, resulting in a package of reforms, including the introduction of electronic bracelets for perpetrators to prevent them from approaching victims. This is already the third such case revealed by French media in just a few days. Previously, on February 23, the body of a woman murdered with a knife and hammer was found in Les Lilas on the outskirts of Paris, and her partner was detained. A few days earlier, on February 21, a court ordered the pre-trial detention of a man in the Seine-et-Marne department who confessed to murdering his former partner in an exceptionally brutal manner. This series of tragic events highlights the scale of the problem. 94 — women were killed by their partner or former partner in France in 2023 Women's organizations and experts point out that despite government declarations and increased resources, the number of fatal victims has remained at an alarmingly high level for years. According to official statistics from the Ministry of the Interior, 94 such murders were recorded in 2023. This data confirms the scale of the challenge facing French services and the justice system in the fight against domestic violence.
Perspektywy mediów: Left-wing media and feminist organizations present these events as a manifestation of systemic violence against women. They highlight the failure of victim protection mechanisms and demand urgent, deep structural reforms. Conservative media focus on describing individual crimes as isolated acts of pathology. They more often emphasize the issue of individual perpetrator responsibility, avoiding broader analysis of the social determinants of the phenomenon.