Uxoricides

deaths of young women who are murdered or driven to suicide in an effort to extort an increased dowry

Uxoricide is the killing of one's own wife. It can also be used in the context of the killing of one's own girlfriend. It can refer to the act itself or the person who carries it out. Conversely, the killing of a husband or boyfriend is called mariticide. It comes from the Latin meaning and -cide, from meaning .

Mass shooting in Campinas, São Paulo State, Brazil

murder