A 28 YEAR-OLD MAN TO APPEAR IN COURT IN CONNECTION WITH THE MURDER OF HIS GIRLFRIEND
POLOKWANE: A 28 year-old male suspect is expected to appear in the Giyani Magistrate Court in connection with the brutal murder of a 27 year-old woman who was allegedly stabbed to death by her boyfriend at Mbaula village in the early hours of today on Saturday 08 April 2023 at about 01:30.
It is alleged that the woman went to a local tavern and asked her boyfriend (suspect) to go home with her.
Upon arrival at the house, the couple apparently started to fight which resulted in the victim being stabbed on the upper body with a sharp object.
The suspect allegedly fled the scene into nearby bushes.
Police and members of the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) were summoned to the scene and subsequently found the victim lying in a pool of blood. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
The deceased is a resident at Majeje village and was identified as Happy Nxumani aged 27.
The suspect was later apprehended after intervention by his family who called the Police while at his hideout in the bush and voluntarily handed himself.
The Provincial Commissioner of police in Limpopo Lieutenant General Thembi Hadebe has welcomed the apprehension of the suspect who voluntarily handed himself to the Police ..
Police investigations are continuing.
