99 women killed in Italy so far in 2024
Rome: A report by economic and social research institute Eures said Saturday that 99 women were killed in Italy between 1 January and 18 November this year.
It said that over a third of these women, 37%, were over 65 and in most cases they were killed by their spouse or one of their children.
It said foreign femicide victims rose sharply, from 17 last year to 24, meaning they account for almost a quarter of the total (24.2%).
The number of non-Italian femicide perpetrators, however, fell from 23 to 16, a decrease of 30.4%.
