A 38-year-old woman was stabbed to death last week in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, the Brussels public prosecutor's office has confirmed.
The incident happened last Thursday, May 29th. According to the prosecutor, a 54-year-old man turned himself in to police on the same day.
Flemish daily Het Laatste Nieuws reported that the woman was killed in an apartment in Rue van Kalck.
Public prosecutor's spokesman Martin François said: “We can confirm that a 54-year-old man went to the police on May 29 to confess to the murder of a 38-year-old woman.
“The man was charged with murder and placed under arrest warrant on May 30. The circumstances and motives of the perpetrator are the subject of the ongoing investigation.
“In the interests of the investigation and out of respect for the victim's family, the Brussels Public Prosecutor's Office will make no further comment.”
A worrying number of women have been killed in Brussels over the past year. Just last week, we reported on the death of Olivia Botusan, a Romanian national who was killed on May 19th in an apartment in Etterbeek.
Ms Botusan, 42, was the mother of two children aged three and 13, and had worked as a French teacher in Romania before moving to Belgium. Her partner, a 42-year-old man, was arrested and is being held in police custody.
In December, a woman named Diana was stabbed to death in Schaerbeek, prompting a 'silent march' in her memory through the streets of the commune. A suspect, identified as Diana's ex-partner, was arrested, has been charged with her killing.
