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Six women murdered in Dominica in 10 days

Other News Materials 12 January 2009 05:42 (UTC +04:00)

Six women have been registered dead in Dominican Republic during the first 10 days of 2009, information reaching here from Santo Domingo, capital of Dominican Republic, said on Sunday.

The six women were murdered under different circumstances, but all of them suffered sexual abuse.

The most recent victim was Barbara Carolina Amparo, who was about 30 years old and pregnant.

Her relatives said her husband had a history of violence, though Amparo had refused to divorce him or denounce the frequent physical abuses she received.

Another victim was a 17-year-old woman, also pregnant, who was killed during the New Year celebration with a shot in her head.

According to official reports, 673 women have been killed in the country since 2003. Police said the number showed that more women were murdered these years in brutal ways.

Statistics showed from January to August of 2008, 133 women were reported murdered in the country, Xinhua reported.

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