Man stabbed to death during dice game
A man has been stabbed to death during dice game in Hammanskraal.
A 32-year-old man was stabbed to death during a game of dice late on Thursday evening in Hammanskraal.
The incident occurred at Mokone Block in Stinkwater, Hammanskraal.
Police spokesperson, Sergeant Tembi Nowathe said the victim was found unresponsive in the street with a deep knife wound to his neck.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
“Witnesses told police a group of men were playing a dice game before an argument erupted. One man pulled out a knife and stabbed the other,” said Nowathe.
She said police followed up information and went to the suspect’s house where a 31-year-old man was arrested.
“Police found the suspect also had an injury to his right hand, an injury he sustained from the fight. A dagga plantation was uncovered in his backyard when police searched the house.”
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