“Family tragedy” First the wife, then the children and finally the man's gesture: the police discover everything from a note

In the man's car, the police found a letter: the officers went to the family's home, where they discovered the tragedy

The dramatic episode took place this Tuesday 9 April. At around 4pm, the emergency services were alerted because a man was committed suicide jumping onto the tracks of the train station. The impact with the train immediately caused the man's death. Unfortunately, he was not the only victim in his family. The tragedy will be discovered shortly afterwards.

We are in Prat de Llobregat, and the 43-year-old man, before ending up on the tracks, killed his wife and his two 8 year old twin sons in their home in the locality, near Barcelona. Only afterwards would he take his own life by throwing himself under the train.

In the man's car, police found a letter asking pardon. Subsequently, the officers went to the family's home, where they found the lifeless bodies of the woman and her two children. It does not appear that the man had previous complaints or that there was a separation case underway between him and his wife. In short, what happened in Spain truly remains a mystery.

The Spanish government has condemned the triple tragedy. “Machismo costs human lives and the denial of gender violence only exacerbates the problem. We must put all the means and energy at our disposal to stop them,” said Yolanda Díaz, Vice President of the Government and Minister of Labor.

This is yet another case of feminicide in Spain. In fact, just a week ago, in Girona, a man put an end to the life of his 5-year-old son and seriously injured his mother. Since the beginning of the year, in Spain at least seven children have lost their lives in episodes of violence combined with cases of feminicides, five of which in Catalonia alone. There have been eight women killed at the hands of their partners or ex-partners since the beginning of 2024, while in the last twenty years (since 2003) the number rises to 1,248.

The tragedy in Barcelona has once again turned the spotlight on the scourge of gender violence in Spain. The Spanish authorities have reiterated the importance of combating this phenomenon with concrete measures and of raising awareness in society on the issue.