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A woman carries a placard reading 8 weeks, 8 femicides, it s enough during a moment of silence prior to a march in protest against domestic violence, after several women in the province were killed in recent weeks, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada April 2, 2021.
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Provincial police have identified two bodies discovered Friday in a home on Montreal’s South Shore, saying the deaths resulted from domestic violence as Quebec’s femicide crisis continues.
Quebec records 10th femicide of 2020 amid domestic violence crisis
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Quebec records 10th femicide of 2020 amid domestic violence crisis
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MONTREAL The tenth feminicide of the year occurred Friday in Mercier, Montérégie. The day after the discovery of two bodies in a residence on Beauchemin St., the Surete du Québec (SQ) said Saturday that everything points to a domestic dispute. The bodies of Richard West, 38, and his wife Dyann Serafica-Donaire, 50, were found Friday. According to the analysis of the scene and the information collected, the SQ has established that Mr. West killed Ms. Serafica-Donaire, before taking his own life, said SQ spokeswoman Anik Lamirande in an interview. This is the 10th feminicide to occur in Quebec since the beginning of 2021.