Domestic spat leads to deadly attack after boyfriend stabs girlfriend to death

The suspect was arrested by police after the bloody murder in Mdlalose Street, Soweto.


On Sunday afternoon Jabulani police received an anonymous call from a resident in the community reporting an incident that took place in Mdlalose Street in Zola North.

The caller reported that there was a young lady who had just been murdered, allegedly by her boyfriend, reports Soweto Urban.

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Upon arrival to the crime scene, police found a dead body of an African female, estimated to be 25, lying in a pool of blood in a back room with multiple stab wounds on her upper body.

It is believed that the deceased and her boyfriend had an altercation that led to her death. The alleged suspect, a 42-year-old male, was found and arrested at the scene of the crime. A case of murder was opened and the suspect will appear at the Protea Magistrates Court.

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