STA, 15 March 2021 - A 61-year-old man from eastern Slovenia is reported to have killed his 57-year-old partner on Monday, another in a string of murder-suicides that have taken place in Slovenia in recent months.
Police were dispatched to a home near Šmarje pri Jelšah after they received report of a shooting and found a woman dead in front of the house.
She was shot dead by her partner, who went indoors after the shooting and then proceeded to shoot himself.
When police burst into the house, the man was still alive and was provided first aid, but he died on the spot, police said.
This is the latest in a string of murders or murder-suicides.
The vast majority of murders in Slovenia are in a domestic situation and last year police recorded three such triple murders as well as a string of murder-suicides.
