Spain PM decries domestic violence surge after five women killed in a week

Pedro Sanchez condemns misogynist scourge' after deaths of women at hands of partners or ex-partners

The Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, has denounced as unacceptable" a surge in domestic violence in which five women were killed in the past week by their partners or ex-partners.

Among the victims was a 42-year-old Barcelona woman who was stabbed to death by her husband who then killed himself, and a pregnant Moroccan woman who was killed by her partner, who called police to confess.