The Mossos d’Esquadra are investigating an alleged sexist crime in Barcelona after a woman died in hospital this Friday. The deceased had been hospitalized since October 18 after being attacked by her partner. According to the newspaper ‘Ara’ and police sources confirming to Europa Press, the Catalan police located the woman in critical condition in the Sant Martí neighborhood of the Catalan capital, with signs of having been the victim of a strong physical attack.
Officers from the Sant Martí Investigation Unit arrested her partner, a 30-year-old man already brought to justice, accused of attempted murder.
The government delegation against gender violence published a message this Friday in
So far this year, 36 women have been killed by their partners or ex-partners. If this case were confirmed as gender violence there would be 37. Since official statistics began in 2003, 1,331 women have been killed. The latest victim was a woman killed by her partner on November 4th.
The 016 telephone line assists victims of sexist violence, their families and those around them 24 hours a day, every day of the year, in 53 different languages. The number is not recorded on the phone bill, but the call must be canceled from the device. You can also contact via email 016-online@igualdad.gob.es and via WhatsApp on 600 000 016. Minors can contact the ANAR Foundation telephone number 900 20 20 10. In case of emergency it is possible to call 112 or the telephone numbers of the State Police (091) and the Civil Guard (062). And if you can’t call you can use the ALERTCOPS application, from which an alert signal is sent to the Police with geolocation.
