JOHANNESBURG: A South African man choked to death minutes after killing his wife and eating part of her face following a domestic argument, the police said on Saturday.
The police stormed into a house in rural KwaZulu-Natal near the border with Mozambique early on Friday after neighbours reported some disturbance, Capt. Tienkie van Vuuren told Reuters. They found a 30-year-old woman who had been stabbed to death.
"Her husband was sitting naked on top of her," she said. "He had stabbed her and was eating the flesh from her face. The guy came at them with a knife. They sprayed him with pepper spray but it did not have any effect." After a struggle, officers handcuffed the man — who was aged around 33 and had no history of mental illness — but soon afterwards he choked, collapsed and died, Ms. Van Vuuren said.
The couple's two daughters witnessed the incident and were receiving counselling, as were the police officers.
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The police stormed into a house in rural KwaZulu-Natal near the border with Mozambique early on Friday after neighbours reported some disturbance, Capt. Tienkie van Vuuren told Reuters. They found a 30-year-old woman who had been stabbed to death.
"Her husband was sitting naked on top of her," she said. "He had stabbed her and was eating the flesh from her face. The guy came at them with a knife. They sprayed him with pepper spray but it did not have any effect." After a struggle, officers handcuffed the man — who was aged around 33 and had no history of mental illness — but soon afterwards he choked, collapsed and died, Ms. Van Vuuren said.
The couple's two daughters witnessed the incident and were receiving counselling, as were the police officers.
http://www.hindu.com/2005/06/19/sto...61906871200.htm
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