A new femicide case shocks Belgium. Veronique, 36, was found dead in a pool of blood at her home in Knock. The nurse carried 200 knives in her body. The 41-year-old ex-partner of the victim was arrested for the case.

As reported by the Belgian mediaVeronique was in a relationship with the perpetrator for about two years. However, due to infidelities she decided to divorce him.

Last September they started having contact again. Last week, Veronique was at a friend’s house when the man kept texting her and making video calls. Late last Sunday night, she returned home, he visited her saying he wanted to pick up his computer which he had left there. Neighbors were disturbed by the commotion they heard and a few hours later they found the woman dead.

According to psychiatrist Rudy Verelst, a large number of stab wounds indicate an attack carried out under the influence of intense and uncontrollable emotions. “The perpetrator continues to stab, for the pleasure of stabbing. The anger must, so to speak, be extinguished,” he notes.

In 1991, a 26-year-old woman was stabbed at least 62 times in the stairwell of her Heist flat. The perpetrator was never caught. At the end of 2020, a 59-year-old teacher died after a 38-year-old former student stabbed her 101 times.

In total, at least 24 femicides have been recorded in Belgium in 2023.