Shock for femicide: young woman was burned alive by her ex-partner in the middle of the street

The death this Friday of a woman dying in a hospital after being burned with gasoline in a crowded square in Lima for her ex-boyfriendwho fled, shocked Peru and once again exposed the slowness of the authorities in cases of femicide.

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Katherine Gomez, 18, she was sprayed with gasoline by her ex-partner who set her on fire in the middle of a public discussion, being urgently admitted last Saturday to the Loayza Hospital with burns over 60% of the body.

“He fought for his life, but unfortunately, the amount of damaged body made it impossible for doctors to save his life and we have been told that she has passed away,” the Minister for Women, Nancy Tolentino, told RPP radio.

According to the police, the perpetrator of the femicide is a 19-year-old boy, identified as Sergio Tarache Parrawho fled the place in the midst of the commotion caused by the attack that occurred in the central Plaza 2 de Mayo.

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An arrest warrant was issued only on Thursday, five days after the attack, Tolentino lamented.

“The Police have promised me that they will exhaust all the ways to locate him,” he added. The President of Peru, Dina Boluarte, He ruled on the case to express his “total repudiation” before the crime in statements to the press.

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“I think that this violence against women must stop. (…) Women are not the property of their couples,” she added. The minister urged the young women to not accept “any commitment or relationship with a person who does not respect themthat violates their rights”. Peru registered 136 femicides in 2022, against 146 in 2021 and 138 in 2020, according to official data.

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