Overview
- The woman was stabbed multiple times Tuesday evening at a Saint-Colomban home during a family celebration, and she died at the scene around 9 p.m., emergency services said.
- About ten people were present when the ex-partner arrived uninvited and attacked her, according to Nantes prosecutor Antoine Leroy.
- Investigators launched a search for the suspect after the killing, then discovered him dead by hanging, authorities said.
- The couple were separated and had children together, and the victim had previously been issued a “grave danger” phone that was later withdrawn at the end of the probationary period, according to the prosecutor.
- The killing is reported alongside Interior Ministry data showing an 11% rise in partner or ex-partner homicides of women from 2023 to 2024, with 107 women killed and 138 intimate-partner violent deaths overall last year.