"Last week, a woman in northern Italy was fatally stabbed by her former
partner, who then hid her body in his car; a Sicilian woman was murdered
in front of her child by her former husband, who then committed
suicide; and a man whose motives are still unknown threw acid in a
woman’s face in Genoa.
More than 80 women have been killed so far this year, most of them by
husbands, boyfriends or former partners, according to an unofficial
tally kept by the Italian news media. Many of the victims had called the
police to report stalking or harassment. About 75 percent of the 2,200
women murdered from 2000 to 2012 — roughly one murder every two days —
were killed by partners or former partners, according to a study carried
out by Eures, a European Union agency that monitors social affairs and
employment issues, in collaboration with the Ansa news agency."
