A 48-year-old woman died this morning in Paiporta, Valencia, after being stabbed in the neck, allegedly by her partner.
Neighbours of the couple in calle de Padre Jorge María alerted police after hearing a heated discussion. When officers arrived at the house they found 48-year-old María Ángeles, daughter of a former Local Police Chief, bleeding from a neck wound. The injury was to the carotid artery and she died very quickly.
The woman’s 42-year-old partner has been arrested. Today’s tragedy brings the number of domestic violence fatalities in Valencia this year to five.