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Boyfriend arrested for killing his lover

Family of the deceased has not yet been notified as the victim is originally from Swaziland

BARBERTON-A 33 year -old man has been arrested after he allegedly killed his partner at the crack of dawn on Sunday.
This publication learnt that the whole drama unfolded when there was a domestic dispute between two live-in lovers.

It is alleged that the suspect arrived at home early in the morning and found out that his partner was not home.

When he went out to investigate, he saw his partner coming out of his neighbour’s house.He angrily confronted her and took her back to the neighbour’s house.

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The neighbour’ s wife denied that the victim was there. It is alleged that the suspect then started assaulting the deceased. The community alerted the police.

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The spokesperson of the Pienaar Cluster, Capt Jabu Ndubane confirmed the incident as she said “When police arrived at the scene, they took both victim and suspect as members of community complained that the ambulance hadn’t arrived. They took the victim to the hospital as they were busy with her, she succumbed to her death. Police arrested him,”.

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Bridget Mpande

Bridget Mpande is the editor assistant for Mpumalanga News and Lowvelder Express. She joined Lowveld Media in 2014 and covers several beats in the newsroom. She is a mentor and believes there is no community newspaper without the community.

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