If the month of July was especially bloody with nine violent deaths, August starts with a new escalation of sexist murders that is difficult to digest. In barely 24 hours, two young women and a 91-year-old woman have been murdered by their husbands, in Almeria capital, whitewell (Córdoba) and in Tenerife.
The first, Zouhr, was of Moroccan origin like the father of her children, the same one who slit her throat with a kitchen knife with a 10-centimeter blade in front of the three minors. The second, Juani, is originally from Villanueva de Córdoba, and she was about to leave her home in Pozoblanco as a result of the breakdown of her marriage. Hours before being murdered, she was desperately looking for a rental apartment to move in with her three children.
Apparently her partner, whom years ago she had denounced for ill-treatment, could have ended her life and then would have committed suicide. A three-year-old daughter found the bodies of her parents and went out into the street to seek help from the neighbors, who notified the Local Police and the Civil Guard around 8 in the morning.
The minor children of the couple were also witnesses to the murder of Almería. Two of them, just 7 and 10 years old, asked for help after witnessing the death of her mother at the hands of her husband, who was arrested hours later. They have another younger brother, six months old. The three have already been placed at the disposal of the social services, which will look for a relative who can take care of the children or will initiate the procedures to provide them with a new home.
The case of Almería was confirmed yesterday as a case of gender violence, since the evidences were many. Apparently, the man put up some resistance to his arrest and came to use one of his sons as a shield, according to investigation data to which Efe had access.