Three murdered in 24 hours: this summer already exceeds the previous one in sexist violence

Three alleged murders of women at the hands of their partners in the last 24 hours have triggered alerts given the rate of cases of sexist violence. This summer the data from the previous year is already worsening, without the month of August having yet finished. According to statistics from the Observatory of the Government Delegation against Gender Violence, during June, July and August 2022, 10 women were murdered.. So far in the same period in 2023, there are already 13 deaths, the last one recorded in Almería. To these figures we should add the deaths of two other women in Tenerife and Pozoblanco (Córdoba) if it is confirmed that they are also sexist crimes.

Both the acting President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, and the leader of the Popular Party, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, have issued messages on their social networks. “My love for the family and friends of the 27-year-old woman murdered in Almería. We continue working, with unity and firmness, to put an end to any form of sexist violence”, commented the leader of the Executive. “More than ever, effective policies are necessary to end this scourge, which would add three cases in just 24 hours and 35 so far this year,” the conservative leader said minutes later, including the two cases under investigation.. The year 2022 ended with 46 women murdered.

My love to the family and friends of the 27-year-old woman murdered in Almería.

We continue working, with unity and firmness, to put an end to any form of sexist violence.

If you are a victim, call 016. https://t.co/rtzn0rssy4

— Pedro Sánchez (@sanchezcastejon) August 8, 2023

Another victim of gender violence in Almería.
Two more cases investigated in Córdoba and Tenerife.

More than ever, effective policies are needed to end this scourge, which would add 3 cases in just 24 hours and 35 so far this year. https://t.co/lU9PPLsr48

– Alberto Núñez Feijóo (@NunezFeijoo) August 8, 2023

Until now, the month of July presents the worst data of 2023, with eight murders. To find a month with more cases, you have to go back to December of last year, which ended with 11 murders, followed by another seven in January, which led to government meetings at the highest level to analyze the response to this scourge.. Throughout August 2022 there were three deaths, a figure that would already be equaled this year if the two events still under investigation in Córdoba and the Canary Islands are confirmed, and when there are three weeks to go. In June there were four murders, both in 2022 and this year.

The Government Delegation for Gender Violence has officially confirmed the macho nature of the murder in Almería. The acting Minister for Equality, Irene Montero, and the Government delegate against Gender Violence, Victoria Rosell, have expressed their “absolute condemnation and rejection” of this sexist murder and convey all their support to family and friends of the victim. The victim had three children. To date, the number of minors orphaned by gender violence in Spain amounts to 36 in 2023 and 413 since 2013, when the figures began to be counted.

Almeria, Pozoblanco and La Laguna

The victim from Almería was called Zouhr and was 27 years old. She has been allegedly murdered with a knife by her husband, a 32-year-old man. He committed the crime in the presence of his three children in the Pescadería neighborhood. There were no previous complaints of gender violence by the victim against the alleged aggressor.

In Pozoblanco, the deceased is a 31-year-old woman, allegedly murdered at the hands of her partner, a 39-year-old man, who later committed suicide, leaving three underage daughters orphans.. The police authorities have not yet confirmed the motivation for the event, although the Cordoba city council has already decreed two days of mourning for what it has defined as a “case of gender violence”..

⚠️ We are collecting data on the murder for alleged #Gender Violence of a 31-year-old woman in the province of Córdoba.

🔴 If confirmed, the number of women killed by gender violence would rise to 34 in 2023 and 1,218 since 2003. #NotOneLess #WeWantAlive

— Government Delegation. against Gender Violence (@DelGobVG) August 8, 2023

The mayor of Pozoblanco, Santiago Cabello, has declared that “the main line of investigation that is maintained so far is that it is an alleged case of gender violence, once the intervention of a third person has been ruled out in principle “.

The third murdered this week is a 91-year-old woman in Valle de Guerra, in the municipality of La Laguna (Tenerife), at the hands of her partner, a 92-year-old man who has been detained by the National Police. The woman showed signs of violent death. Since 2003, when data began to be collected, 1,219 women have died.

Telephone 016, online inquiries via e-mail [email protected], the WhatsApp channel at number 600 000 016 and online chat, accessible from the website violenciagenero.igualdad.gob.es /, continue to operate 24 hours a day, every day of the week. At 016, you can request advice on available resources and the rights of victims of gender violence, as well as legal advice from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. every day of the week, with attention in 53 languages and a service adapted to possible situations of disability.