OPINION

Rusty reflexes

A number of femicides over the past few days serve as yet another reminder of the failure of the authorities to cultivate and develop the reflexes and responses that may have allowed them to save the lives of these women.

Even in cases where a formal domestic abuse complaint had been filed, it appears to have been treated as a private affair without much risk.

But any more delay in overcoming these stereotypes means that more lives may be lost when they may have been saved.

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