According to Netcare 911 media liaison officer, Shawn Herbst, paramedics were earlier today called to a house in Margate Ext 3 where two people had been stabbed.
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Reports from the scene indicate that a woman had suffered multiple stab wounds to her entire body and was found to be in a critical condition. She went into cardiac arrest and despite the efforts of paramedics, died at the scene.
A man in the house was also found to have been stabbed several times. He was treated by an Advanced Life Support paramedic before being taken to hospital.
Police were at the scene, and comment is awaited form Margate police spokesman, Captain Gerald Mfeka.
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