Pedro Sanchez has spoken out after Spain suffered three domestic violence murders in less than a week.
The Spanish prime minister spoke of the ‘terror’ of gender-based violence in Spain, which is on track for a record year in terms of the number of women killed by their partner or ex.
It comes weeks after experts told the Spanish Eye that authorities are not doing enough to keep women safe.
‘Three women have been murdered in a week by the terror of gender-based violence,’ Sanchez wrote in a post on X.
‘My affection and my deepest condolences to their families and loved ones.
‘Stopping gender-based violence is a national priority, and we will only achieve it with determination and unity. #NiUnaMenos (not one more).’
The statement comes after a string of horrific gender violence killings across Spain between May 16 and May 19.
The first tragedy unfolded in Dolores, Alicante, where a 51-year-old woman and her 24-year-old son were found dead inside their home in Guardia Civil barracks.
Authorities believe the woman’s husband, a 55-year-old Guardia Civil officer, killed both before taking his own life.
Just two days later, a 44-year-old woman and mother was allegedly murdered by her husband in Arguedas, Navarra. The suspect later handed himself in to police.
On the same day, a 32-year-old woman was left seriously injured after allegedly being stabbed by her partner in Lora del Rio, near Sevilla. Luckily, she survived her injuries.
Then, on Tuesday, another woman was murdered in Figueres, Girona, after being stabbed multiple times in the street by her ex-partner in front of witnesses.
The case sparked outrage after it emerged the suspect had repeatedly breached a restraining order and had only appeared in court the previous day over alleged abuse offences before being released again.
According to figures from Spain’s VioGen domestic violence monitoring system, there are currently more than 102,000 active gender violence cases under police protection across the country.
The data also shows more than 1,500 children are currently being monitored due to the risk of so-called ‘vicarious violence’ – where abusers target children to harm their mothers.
