They are a 30-year-old woman of North African origin and her two children, aged five and seven. The woman's partner, aged 44 and also from northwest Africa, has been arrested by police as the alleged perpetrator of the triple crime. When Guardia Civil officers went to the family home they found the three dismembered bodies in a cold room in a room adjoining the house. In fact, on Saturday, three new cases of gender violence (including the one in Cuenca) were reported in Spain, leaving four women and two children murdered. The alleged perpetrator in the Cuenca case had a restraining order against his partner for repeated abuse that the woman had reported.

Source: The North Africa Journal June 30, 2024 12:19 UTC