Germany: 147 women killed by partner

berlin - In 2017, 147 women were killed by their partner or ex-boyfriend in Germany. In total, 140,000 people were victims of domestic violence last year.

On average, a man in Germany tries to kill a partner or ex-partner every day, said the minister of women's affairs Franziska Giffey on Tuesday in Berlin on the presentation of figures from the federal police service Bundeskriminalamt about domestic violence. Domestic violence has been rising since 2013.