In the Camalote community, belonging to the municipality of Nuevitas, an unfortunate event took place in the early morning of February 4, which ended the life of a 17-year-old girl.

According to the Minint’s press release on the incident, ‘a 50 year-old individual, of terrible social conduct and with multiple criminal records and with the use of a knive and killed his 17 year-old ex-partner, who was seeking shelter in the local substation of the National Revolutionary Police.

The response from the forces of internal order that acted in response to the aggression resulted in the perpetrator being injured in the lumbar region, the statement said.

Forces of the province’s Criminal Investigation System are continuing the investigation for its full clarification, it added.

The incident has shocked public opinion due to the violence involved because it is unusual in a society that advocates not only for human rights, but also for the physical and mental integrity of women.

With these achievements, projects such as the National Program for the Advancement of Women in Cuba are praised even by the United Nations Development Program.

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