Zenash Gezmu, 27 years old, was well known in the field of athletics in the Paris region.
The young Ethiopian long distance runner was found dead last Mondayin her apartment in Neuilly-sur-Marne (Seine-Saint-Denis),
reports Le Parisien .
The next day, Tuesday, a 28-year-old man from Eritrea, pushed the door of the police station of the 18th arrondissement of Paris, saying he had killed the young woman .She died of asphyxiation and was struck by a blunt object, adds Le Parisien. The autopsy should allow to know more.
The daily reports that on Monday night, screams coming from Zenash's apartment "worried several neighbors"
but that "no one has warned the police". Circumstances that provoke the indignation of several feminist collectives,
ensures the Huffington Post .Thus, the family planning of Paris evokes a "feminicide".
"We must charge the neighbors too, no assistance to anyone in danger, or complicity, it will reflect," annoys a user in the comments following this publication. "She was killed, it's a murder, a feminicide, like every other day in France, " commented feminist Fatiha Boudjahlat.
"A sad day"
Since the beginning of the season, Zenash Gezmu was a member of the French Athletics Stadium Club.
On his Facebook page , the club paid tribute to him, evoking
"a sad day for the world of athletics (...) Rest in Champion Peace".
"There are not many like her, who get up at 5 am to train, morning and evening, after cleaning a hotel", tells Parisian Nicolas Valat, his trainer for three years in his previous club of Neuilly-sur-Marne. "What mattered to her was to make performances , to be recognized by the French federation and thank the country that had welcomed".
