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A Cortes woman is killed by her husband

  • On Monday, she accidentally killed at home, according to her husband's confession to the police. The 80-year-old woman was Courca. This year they are suffering a second male murder in the village: in January her husband murdered Sara Pina. They have set three days of mourning and called for concentration on Wednesday at 20:00. She is the fourth woman killed this year by male violence in the Basque Country.
Urtarrileko protesta bat Cortesen Sara Pinaren hilketa matxista salatzeko. Argazkia: EFE
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21 December 2022 - 15:53
Last updated: 17:05

An 80-year-old woman is killed by her husband on Monday in her house in Zaragoza, in Cortes (Navarra).An 83-year-old man confesses to the police who killed her woman by beating her. On Wednesday the deceased was discovered to be Basque.

Antonio Giger Kaufmann, her husband, after surrendering on Tuesday, refuses to speak with the lawyer. On Thursday you have to take him to the judge.

The deceased was Maria del Carmen Ruiz Huerta and the City of Cortes has established a three-day mourning. On Wednesday at 20:00 a.m. a rally is called at Plaza Duques de Miranda. This year’s second Machista murder is in the village: in January her husband murdered Sara Pina Ieregi, 38, in Tudela.

In the Basque Country, in 2022, four women were murdered by male violence, two Corinthians, one Irish and one Barakaldo. Since the beginning of data collection, since 2003, 113 women have been murdered and 11 children, also due to male violence, according to Berria.

Also in Zaragoza they will mourn a day and on Wednesday night they will demonstrate.

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