The bodies of a father and his two young children were found in an apartment in Barcelona

Mossos d’Esquadra agents went to the man’s home near Paseo Universal de Horta and noticed a strong odor of gas. So they notified Barcelona firefighters. After that Break the door and enter the apartmentAccording to El Caso and police sources confirmed by this media, they found the dead bodies of the man and two children. Everything shows that you are the father He decided to commit suicide and kill his two children although, according to research sources, all hypotheses remain open.

Multiple patrols cordoned off the area while the Mossos Criminal Investigation Division took over the case. Scientific police are at the house to collect evidence that could point to the father’s alleged suicide, such as doors and windows being closed to prevent gas from escaping. Autopsies also need to be performed on minors to determine the cause of death. The judicial committee went to the house andThe judge in charge decided to remove the bodies this is monday night.

They went to the scene alongside the police. four advanced support unitsThere is a team of psychologists from the Medical Emergency Service, several fire brigades and the City Police. Health professionals care for relatives of minors.

Other indirect violence cases

This Monday, after the news of the last sexist crime in Barcelona at the end of 2023, the Office for Equality and Feminism reminded that 8 children were orphaned due to sexist crime in Catalonia last year. However, there are also those who are exposed to indirect violence.Minors who die at the hands of their parents, often to inflict further pain on their former partners with whom they had a falling out during the separation.

The last incident of indirect violence in Barcelona occurred on 24 August 2021.chicken Martín Ezequiel Álvarez Giaccio He killed his two-year-old son in a hotel on Parallel Avenue in Barcelona. The man was in the processand separation from mother for a few days and that afternoon he took her for a walk.

He did not return. A few hours later the man sent threatening messages to his ex-partner, the last of which said: “I’ll leave you what you deserve at the hotel.” Desperate, the mother informed the police who came to the hotel. There was the body of a little boy under the bed in the room. His father escaped from the roofAn important search effort was carried out for several days to capture the suspect seen on the hotel’s security cameras.

Two weeks later they found the suspect’s body in a very difficult-to-access forested area surrounded by reeds and vegetation near Prat airport. As investigators were able to confirm, a taxi had taken him there, but instead of boarding the plane, he drove to the location and hanged himself with his belt. Agents believe he did this hours after killing his son.

50 children died in 10 years

Two young children found in Barcelona could become the first two victims of indirect violence in Barcelona in 2024. 5-year-old Abril was last year’s last and It ranks 50th among such crimes in Spain since statistics began to be compiled in 2013. His father killed him and his mother, 25-year-old Tatiana Beatriz, in Madrid.

In this gender violence, which aims to cause the greatest harm to women, 26 boys and 24 girls were killed by their fathers or mothers’ partners between 2013 and 2023. The majority of these sexist attackers were parents of minors (45 out of 50, 90%), the rest are couples or former partners. In 28% of cases (14 out of 50) there were previous complaints against these abusers.

AND56 percent of murderers committed suicide after committing the crimetherefore, they could not be prosecuted for their actions. If it is confirmed that the incident was indirect violence, it seems that the situation will be the same with the father found dead in Barcelona.