Guardian:
Femicide in UK: 76% of women killed by men in 2017 knew their killer
Frances Perraudin
Three-quarters of women killed by men in the UK in 2017 knew the perpetrator, according to a report on femicide.
The Femicide Census, conducted by Women’s Aid and the campaigner Karen Ingala Smith, found that of the 139 women known to have been killed by men in the UK last year, 105 (76%) knew their killer. Thirty women were killed by strangers, with 21 of the 30 killed in terrorist attacks.
The report found that 64 of the women, or 46%, were killed by a current or former intimate partner. Another 24 (17%) were killed by a man known to them – such as a colleague, neighbour or friend – while 17 (12%) were killed by a male family member, of whom 10 were killed by their son. The perpetrator’s relationship to the victim could not be established in four cases.
Read more at: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/femicide-in-uk-76-25-of-women-killed-by-men-in-2017-knew-their-killer/ar-BBR6q70
So, does one look at this and say, UK has probably about 50-60 million people and 139 isn't a big number as say, some other countries probably have? That seems to trivialize the matter. Still, it seems like a pretty low rate.
