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Tragic Car Incident Confirmed as Gender Violence

Published: 2024-10-06

In a tragic incident in Moaña, Pontevedra, a 41-year-old woman named Fadoua Akkar lost her life after the car she was in plunged into the sea.

The vehicle, driven by a 47-year-old man identified as A.

C.

T.

, accelerated into a pedestrian area before falling into the water.

Witnesses reported the car's sudden speed increase, leading to the accident.

The driver, who survived, was previously convicted of gender violence in 2012 and was under investigation for this incident as a potential gender-based crime.

He was rescued with symptoms of hypothermia and is currently hospitalized.

Authorities have confirmed this as a case of gender violence, marking a grim addition to the statistics of such crimes in Spain.