Elaidy Alonso Arbolaez, 27, was murdered by a man who “harassed” her on the night of March 9 in the El Condado community, in the municipality of Trinidad, in the province of Sancti Spíritus, reported this Tuesday the Cuban Institute for Freedom of Expression and Press (Iclep).
“Given the rejection of the young woman,” the alleged murderer, described by the organization as “a subject over 30 years old, schizophrenic,” watched her until he “inflicted four stab wounds on her that caused her death, according to local residents. “. “The crime occurred in the area of the old highway.”
The man “had fallen in love with the young woman and constantly harassed her, taking advantage of the fact that her husband, Carlos Muñoz, is in prison in the city of Santa Clara.” After committing the crime, the attacker, who worked as a baker in the town, committed suicide, confirms the Iclep.
Alonso was the mother of a seven-year-old girl and a “months-old” baby. “This new femicide leaves two young children without a mother, in the care of their paternal grandparents, and a family destroyed by grief.”
After committing the crime, the attacker, who worked as a baker in the town, committed suicide, confirms the Iclep
The Iclep denounced that, while “the Cuban regime continues without implementing a comprehensive law against this type of crime, Cuban women, mostly young, lose their lives.”
For its part, the platform Yo Sí Te Creo in Cuba, on the morning of this Tuesday, had informed of this new femicide and asked everyone who had information about Alonso’s death to contact the activists.
He also made a request to the public: “Put aside the judgments about women and contribute so that these acts of extreme violence are duly registered.”
“Our condolences reach her little daughter and her baby, who survive her, and her family from Villa Clara,” the platform wrote on its social networks.
With the death of Elaidy Alonso Arbolaez there have been 18 femicides so far this year in Cuba. The most recent victims of sexist violence were Vanelis Macola, 26, from the town of Tuinicu, in Sancti Spíritus, and Arianny Chávez Puche, who was at the Mártires de Las Tunas Provincial Pediatric Hospital when she died, where she worked as a telephone operator. both women they were murdered by ex-partners.
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