Femicide in UK: 76% of women killed by men in 2017 knew their killer

Report into femicide cases in Britain also reveals 46% were killed by their partner or an ex

Three-quarters of women killed by men in the UK in 2017 knew the perpetrator, according to a report on femicide.

The Femicide Census, conducted by Women’s Aid and the campaigner Karen Ingala Smith, found that of the 139 women known to have been killed by men in the UK last year, 105 (76%) knew their killer. Thirty women were killed by strangers, with 21 of the 30 killed in terrorist attacks.

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from The Guardian https://ift.tt/2PM3xQi